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Palaeotriakis curtirostris

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Taxonomy
Thyellina curtirostris was named by Davis (1887). Its type specimen is BMNH P.4022, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Tristram collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Scyllium curtirostre by Woodward (1889); it was recombined as Palaeotriakis curtirostris by Guinot et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Thyellina curtirostris Davis p. 475 figs. Pl 15, fig 1
1889Scyllium curtirostre Woodward p. 341
2013Palaeotriakis curtirostris Guinot et al. p. 660

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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
familyTriakidaeGray 1851
genusPalaeotriakis
speciescurtirostris()

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.

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

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Thyellina curtirostris (221155)