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Paraorthacodus

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Paraorthacodus Glikman
1993Paraorthacodus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 10
1993Paraorthacodus Duffin and Ward p. 58
1997Paraorthacodus Siverson p. 457
1999Paraorthacodus Underwood and Mitchell
2000Paraorthacodus Rees p. 416
2002Paraorthacodus Sepkoski
2008Paraorthacodus Klug p. 231
2013Paraorthacodus Guinot et al. p. 595
2014Paraorthacodus Guinot et al. p. 63
2019Paraorthacodus Cappetta et al. p. 1140
2019Paraorthacodus Hoganson et al. p. 14
2019Paraorthacodus Stumpf and Kriwet p. 645

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSynechodontiformes
familyParaorthacodontidaeKlug 2010
genusParaorthacodusGlikman 1957

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. †Paraorthacodus Glikman 1957
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Invalid names: Synechodus striatus Case 1978 [synonym]
†Paraorthacodus arduennae Delsate 2001
†Paraorthacodus conicus Davis 1890
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Invalid names: Paraorthacodus nerviensis Leriche 1929 [synonym]
†Paraorthacodus eocaenus Leriche 1902
†Paraorthacodus jurensis Schweizer 1964
†Paraorthacodus recurvus Trautschold 1877
†Paraorthacodus rossi Cappetta et al. 2019
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 07:23:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:23:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Bartonian or 201.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3France P. sp. (149424)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0France (Ardennes) P. arduennae (149427)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Denmark P. sp. (90434)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0France (Sarthe) Palaeospinax kruckowi (149433)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Sweden (Scania) P. sp. (90692)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) P. sp. (189042 206457)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France (Ardennes) P. arduennae (149428)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Germany Palaeospinax kruckowi (137168)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Grand Est) P. sp. (179498)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Basse-Normandie) P. sp. (28444)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland P. sp. (117993)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland P. sp. (97035)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. jurensis (41817 154138)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Gard) P. jurensis (213631)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France P. sp. (214859)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (Western Australia) P. sp. (90688)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) P. recurvus (213341 213345 213348 213350 213353)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Lithuania Synechodus recurvus (213710)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ukraine P. recurvus (214239 214240 214241 214242)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Belgorod) P. sp. (32314)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Kazakhstan P. recurvus (175010)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Synechodus recurvus (213716)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Amakusa) P. sp. (161437)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) P. recurvus (213356 213362)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation (Volgograd) P. recurvus (92399)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. sp., P. andersoni (232890)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) P. conicus (74335) P. conicus, P. andersoni (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden P. conicus, P. andersoni (102883)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skane) P. conicus, P. andersoni (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Somme) P. conicus (213565 213566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Götaland) P. conicus (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) P. conicus (213379 213561)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden P. conicus (214327 214338)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) P. rossi (221571 221572)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Synechodus andersoni, Synechodus striatus (69150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel P. nerviensis (35443 35444)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Synechodus andersoni (69153) Synechodus andersoni, Synechodus striatus (69161)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Sweden P. conicus, P. andersoni (214337) P. sp. (214324 214329 214330 214332 214333 214334 214335 214336)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile (Valparaíso) P. sp. (124311)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) P. andersoni (213594)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand P. sp. (90578 90579 90580 90583)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) P. sp. (166598)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) P. sp. (53666)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Chile P. sp. (99479)