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Peripristis semicircularis

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae

Taxonomy
Ctenoptychius semicircularis was named by Newberry and Worthen (1866).

It was recombined as Peripristis semicircularis by St. John (1870), Eastman (1903) and Ivanov et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Ctenoptychius semicircularis Newberry and Worthen p. 72 figs. pl. iv, fig. 18
1870Peripristis semicircularis St. John p. 434
1902Ctenoptychius semicircularis Hay p. 282
1903Peripristis semicircularis Eastman p. 178
2009Peripristis semicircularis Ivanov et al. p. 246 figs. 2E-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyPristodontidaeWoodward 1889
genusPeripristisSt. John 1870
speciessemicircularis(Newberry and Worthen 1866)

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.

Peripristis semicircularis Newberry and Worthen 1866
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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 07:09:25
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:09:25
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Virgilian or 358.90000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) Peripristis semicircularis (133266)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Peripristis semicircularis (149386)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Peripristis semicircularis (132676 132976 132977 132978)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Peripristis semicircularis (217070)