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Orthybodus grossiconus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus grossiconus was named by Agassiz (1839). Its type specimen is BMNH P.2840, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Orthybodus grossiconus by Jaekel (1898).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Hybodus grossiconus Agassiz figs. Pl 23, figs 25-41
1843Hybodus grossiconus Agassiz p. 184
1889Hybodus grossiconus Woodward p. 270
1898Orthybodus grossiconus Jaekel p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyHybodontidae()
subfamilyHybodontinae
genusOrthybodus
speciesgrossiconus()

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.

Orthybodus grossiconus Agassiz 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Hybodus grossiconus (100669)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Hybodus grossiconus (91991)