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Squatina (Cretascyllium)

Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Cretascyllium Müller and Diedrich p. 24
1999Cretascyllium Underwood et al. p. 293
2012Squatina (Cretascyllium) Guinot et al. p. 531

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
Squatinida
Squatiniformes(Buen 1926)
familySquatinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusSquatinaDumeril 1806
subgenusCretascyllium()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Squatina (Cretascyllium) Müller and Diedrich 1991
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Invalid names: Cretascyllium expansum Müller and Diedrich 1991 [synonym], Squatina decipiens Dalinkevičius 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:20:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:20:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Cenomanian or 140.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland Squatina cranei (213518 213519)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03France Squatina cranei, Squatina decipiens (214869)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213324) Squatina sp. (213320)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213325 213326 213367)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ukraine Squatina cranei (214239 214240 214241 214242)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213327 213331 213332 213334 213335 213336 213339 213340 213341 213342 213345 213346 213351 213369 213372 213373 213374) Squatina cranei, Cretascyllium sp. (213337) Squatina cranei, Squatina sp. (213328 213329 213330 213348 213368) Squatina sp. (213338 213350 213371)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Kazakhstan Squatina decipiens (175010)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213716)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Squatina cranei, Cretascyllium expansum (210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213359 213363 213567)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213713 213720)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213569) Squatina cranei, Squatina sp. (213365)