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Scyliorhinus dubius

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyllium dubium was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH 47288, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Scyliorhinus dubius by Cappetta (1977), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Underwood and Mitchell (1999) and Guinot et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. arambourgi, S. bloti, S. gilbert, S. ivagrantae, S. tensleepensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Scyllium dubium Woodward p. 341 figs. p. XVI, figs. 7-8
1977Scyliorhinus dubius Cappetta p. 481 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,6
1991Scyliorhinus dubius Müller and Diedrich p. 42
1999Scyliorhinus dubius Underwood and Mitchell figs. Pl 8, fig 4
2013Scyliorhinus dubius Guinot et al. p. 653 figs. 22U-B'

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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
speciesdubius()

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 dubius Woodward 1889
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Coniacian or 100.50000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Scyliorhinus dubius (213330)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Scyliorhinus dubius (210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Scyliorhinus dubius (213567)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Scyliorhinus dubius (213365)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Scyliorhinus dubius (213383)