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Gracilisuggestus triapices

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Gracilisuggestus triapices was named by Johns (1997). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is GSC 105165, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aylard Creek East, Laird formation, ACE-2, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in the Laird Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Gracilisuggestus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Gracilisuggestus triapices Johns p. 66 figs. pl. 22, figs. 8-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
genusGracilisuggestus
speciestriapices

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 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 Ladinian to the top of the Norian or 242.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Canada (British Columbia) Gracilisuggestus triapices (type locality: 150041 150042 150045 150046 150048)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (British Columbia) Gracilisuggestus triapices (150056 150075 150235)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) Gracilisuggestus triapices (150074)