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Scyliorhinus antiquus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scylliodus antiquus was named by Agassiz (1843).

It was recombined as Scyllium antiquum by Woodward (1889) and Dalinkevičius (1935); it was recombined as Scyliorhinus antiquus by Cappetta (1977), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Halter (1995) and Guinot et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Scylliodus antiquus Agassiz p. 378 figs. Pl 38, figs 1-4
1889Scyllium antiquum Woodward p. 340
1935Scyllium antiquum Dalinkevičius p. 252 figs. Pl 1, fig 18
1977Scyliorhinus antiquus Cappetta p. 481 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4
1991Scyliorhinus antiquus Müller and Diedrich p. 43
1995Scyliorhinus antiquus Halter
2013Scyliorhinus antiquus Guinot et al. p. 653 figs. 22C'-N'

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusScyliorhinusBlainville 1816
speciesantiquus()

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.

Scyliorhinus antiquus Agassiz 1843
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 99.60000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Scyliorhinus antiquus (210063)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lithuania Scyllium antiquum (213713)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Ardennes) Scyliorhinus antiquus (213564)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Somme) Scyliorhinus antiquus (213566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Ardennes) Scyliorhinus antiquus (157587)