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Palaeobrachaelurus
Taxonomy
Palaeobrachaelurus was named by Thies (1983). Its type is Palaeobrachaelurus bedfordensis.
It was corrected as Paleobrachselurus by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Batoidea by Underwood et al. (1999); to Brachaeluridae by Thies (1983), Thies (1989) and Kriwet (2003); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002), Delsate (2003) and Underwood and Ward (2004); and to Hemiscylliidae by Underwood (2004).
It was corrected as Paleobrachselurus by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Batoidea by Underwood et al. (1999); to Brachaeluridae by Thies (1983), Thies (1989) and Kriwet (2003); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002), Delsate (2003) and Underwood and Ward (2004); and to Hemiscylliidae by Underwood (2004).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Palaeobrachaelurus Thies p. 32 |
| 1989 | Palaeobrachaelurus Thies p. 105 |
| 1999 | Palaeobrachaelurus Underwood et al. p. 293 |
| 2002 | Paleobrachselurus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Palaeobrachaelurus Delsate p. 19 figs. pl. 7 fig. 1-2 |
| 2003 | Palaeobrachaelurus Kriwet p. 585 |
| 2004 | Palaeobrachaelurus Underwood p. 112 |
| 2004 | Palaeobrachaelurus Underwood and Ward p. 466 |
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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.
G. †Palaeobrachaelurus Thies 1983
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†Palaeobrachaelurus alisonae Thies 1983
†Palaeobrachaelurus aperizostus Thies 1983
†Palaeobrachaelurus bedfordensis Thies 1983
†Palaeobrachaelurus mitchelli Underwood 2004
†Palaeobrachaelurus mussetti Underwood and Ward 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Thouarsense to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 180.10000 to 125.45000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toarcian | Germany | P. sp. (148936) | |
| Bifrons | Luxembourg | P. sp. (141382) | |
| Variabilis | Luxembourg | P. sp. (141384) | |
| Thouarsense | Luxembourg | P. sp. (141386 141389) | |
| Late/Upper Aalenian | Germany | P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (139231) | |
| Aalenian | Germany | P. aperizostus (137168) | |
| Early/Lower Bajocian | France (Grand Est) | P. sp., P. mussetti (179498) | |
| Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | P. mussetti (91448 91450 91453) | |
| Middle Bathonian | Poland | P. sp. (141269 141299) | |
| Callovian | United Kingdom | P. bedfordensis, P. alisonae (137185) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | Luxembourg | P. sp. (91447) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | Poland | P. sp. (117993) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | P. mitchelli (213572) |