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Scapanorhynchus

Chondrichthyes - Mitsukurinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Scapanorhynchus Woodward p. 351
1918Scapanorhynchus Chapman p. 8
1943Scapanorhynchus Arambourg and Joleaud p. 59
1963Scapanorhynchus Jordan p. 599
1975Scapanorhynchus Herman p. 167
1979Scapanorhynchus Case p. 79
1981Scapanorhynchus Thurmond and Jones p. 46
1988Scapanorhynchus Case and Schwimmer p. 294
1993Scapanorhynchus Biddle p. 204
2002Scapanorhynchus Sepkoski, Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
familyMitsukurinidaeJordan 1898
genusScapanorhynchus

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
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: Wagner 2017, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Langhian or 105.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (Oregon) S. sp. (200871)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Lamna subulata (2237)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Kazakhstan S. praeraphiodon (175010)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) S. texanus (71488)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Hokkaido) S. sp. (161434) S. sp., S. rhaphiodon (161435)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Brazil (Pernambuco) S. subulatus (167994)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Alabama) S. rhaphiodon (82050)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany S. sp. (12578 12579 12580 12581)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) S. minimus (73862 73863 77233)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain (Asturias) S. minimus (98396)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) S. raphiodon (179267)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Charente) S. raphiodon (161748)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3USA (New Mexico) S. raphiodon (56389)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) S. rhaphiodon (4072) S. rhapiodon, S. subulatus (4071)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) S. raphiodon (35365)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Mexico (Coahuila) S. sp. (92293)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Congo-Brazzaville S. raphiodon (1368)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian89.3 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) S. texanus (164393)
Senonian - Maastrichtian89.3 - 66.0Jordan S. texanus, S. gigas (36256)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Lebanon S. sp., S. lewisii (92241)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Alabama) S. rhaphiodon (81928)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Egypt (Al Jizah) S. rhaphiodon (38659 38661)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) S. sp. (52831)
Santonian - Maastrichtian86.3 - 66.0USA (Alabama) S. rhaphiodon (81972)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Georgia) S. raphiodon (61769)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Jordan S. texanus (62538)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) S. raphiodon (52037)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand S. subulatus (37327)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Alabama) S. rapax, S. rhaphiodon (82043) S. rhaphiodon (81931 81932 82049)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) S. texanus (35289 70720)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mexico (Chihuahua) S. sp. (35353)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Alabama) S. rhaphiodon (82046) S. sp. (90242)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Delaware) S. texanus (126600 126810)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (New Jersey) S. texanus (124222)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Lamna texana (87677 190550 190551 190553 190554 190555 190579)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Sweden S. perssoni (102883)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Manitoba) S. sp. (36742)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Israel S. raphiodon (35443)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (South Island) S. rhaphiodon, S. subulatus (101382)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) S. texanus (48725 88610)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden S. perssoni (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) S. texanus (126599 126812)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) S. sp. (171351)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) S. perssoni (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) S. texanus, Carcharias sp., Isurus sp. (57918)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) S. texanus (32142)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) S. sp. (14489)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) S. texanus (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) S. sp. (60806)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt (Nile Valley) S. texanus (3590 3592)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) S. texanus (68001 68002 68003)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) S. texanus (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) S. texanus (70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70490 70499 70500 70501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) S. texanus (32181)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) S. texanus (90466)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) S. sp. (54083)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) S. texanus (3867)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) S. sp. (75030)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) S. texanus (124933)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria S. rapax (117850 117853 117854 117855 117862)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jordan S. sp. (13366)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) S. sp. (57915) S. texanus (57916 124937)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.1 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) S. texanus (124938)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) S. texanus (14504)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) S. sp. (53234)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Lamna texana (151059 190580)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. sp. (61738)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Niger (Tahoua) S. rhaphiodon (75233)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Australia (South Australia) S. maslinensis (45823)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Lamna subulata (55396)