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Squatina prima

Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae

Taxonomy
Trigonodus primus was named by Winkler (1874).

It was recombined as Squatina prima by Bohm (1926), Casier (1946), Cassier (1966), Herman (1977), Case (1981), Boulemia and Adnet (2023) and Popov et al. (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. californica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Trigonodus primus Winkler
1926Squatina prima Bohm p. 81
1946Squatina prima Casier p. 53
1966Squatina prima Cassier p. 57
1977Squatina prima Herman p. 127
1981Squatina prima Case p. 67
2023Squatina prima Boulemia and Adnet p. 6 fig. 3A
2024Squatina prima Popov et al.

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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
speciesprima(Winkler 1874)

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.

†Squatina prima Winkler 1874
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria Squatina prima (232262)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Squatina prima (3260 8050 13299 185912 185933)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Squatina prima (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Squatina prima (3256 3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Squatina prima (234686 234687)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Squatina prima (41888 41989 41992 41994 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Squatina prima (211009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Squatina prima (120885)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Uzbekistan Squatina prima (62573)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Squatina prima (140018)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Squatina prima (202013 202014)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Squatina prima (149316)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Squatina prima (45640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Squatina prima (73434)