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Crassescyliorhinus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy

Crassescyliorhinus was named by Underwood and Ward (2008). Its type is Scyliorhinus germanicus.

It was assigned to Scyliorhinidae by Underwood and Ward (2008) and Hübner and Müller (2010).

Species

C. germanicus, C. musteliformis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2008	Crassescyliorhinus Underwood and Ward p. 512
2010	Crassescyliorhinus Hübner and Müller

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
infraclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Carcharhiniformes	Compagno 1973
family	Scyliorhinidae	Gill 1862
genus	Crassescyliorhinus

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. †Crassescyliorhinus Underwood and Ward 2008

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†Crassescyliorhinus germanicus Herman 1982

†Crassescyliorhinus musteliformis Herman 1977

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Created:

2009-07-21 06:53:24

Modified:

2009-07-21 08:53:24

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Priabonian or 85.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	United Kingdom (England)	C. germanicus (213377 213381)
Middle Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	United Kingdom (England)	C. germanicus (213376 213380)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	C. germanicus (101702)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden (Götaland)	Scyliorhinus germanicus (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	United Kingdom (England)	C. germanicus (213378 213382)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden (Skane)	Scyliorhinus germanicus (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden (Skåne)	Scyliorhinus germanicus (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden	Scyliorhinus germanicus (102883 102885)
Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France	Scyliorhinus germanicus (61352)
Lutetian - Bartonian	47.8 - 38.0	Egypt	C. sp. (137540)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Egypt	C. sp. (137550 137551 137564 137568 137569 137579 137582)