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Centrophoroides

Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

Taxonomy
Centrophoroides was named by Davis (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. Its type is Centrophoroides latidens.

It was assigned to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Squalidae by Jordan (1963), Otero et al. (2013) and Guinot et al. (2013).

Species
C. appendiculatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. worlandensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Centrophoroides Davis p. 478
1963Centrophoroides Jordan p. 601
2002Centrophoroides Sepkoski
2013Centrophoroides Guinot et al. p. 598
2013Centrophoroides Otero et al. pp. 23-24 figs. Fg. 6: 25-29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
—Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
—SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
—Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familySqualidaeBonaparte 1834
genusCentrophoroides

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.

G. †Centrophoroides Davis 1887
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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 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Chile C. sp. (190521)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. appendiculatus (101702)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) C. worlandensis (70253 70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70488 70490 70499 70500 70501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Marne) C. appendiculatus (157588 213562)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile (Valparaíso) C. sp. (124311)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. sp. (230275)