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Brachaelurus
Taxonomy
Brachaelurus was named by Ogilby (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 525,884]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Brachaeluridae.
It was assigned to Orectolobidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta and Case (1975) and Bryant (1989); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Underwood (2006); and to Brachaeluridae by Guinot et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Orectolobidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta and Case (1975) and Bryant (1989); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Underwood (2006); and to Brachaeluridae by Guinot et al. (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Brachaelurus Ogilby |
| 1963 | Brachaelurus Jordan p. 598 |
| 1975 | Brachaelurus Cappetta and Case p. 10 |
| 1989 | Brachaelurus Bryant p. 11 |
| 2002 | Brachaelurus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Brachaelurus Underwood p. 235 |
| 2014 | Brachaelurus Guinot et al. p. 71 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Priabonian or 140.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Valanginian | France (Gard) | B. sp. (213631) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | B. bighornensis (70269 70451 70453 70455 70501) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | B. sp. 1, B. sp. 2 (213746) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | B. estesi (14549 14568) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | B. hornerstownensis (61807) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | B. estesi (183109) | |
| Priabonian | Jordan | B. sp. (32899) |