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Ctenopristis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Ctenopristis was named by Arambourg (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 863,884].

It was assigned to Ganopristinae by Arambourg (1940); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sclerorhynchidae by Cappetta (1987), Suárez and Cappetta (2004) and Guinot et al. (2023).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Ctenopristis Arambourg
1987Ctenopristis Cappetta p. 147
2002Ctenopristis Sepkoski
2004Ctenopristis Suárez and Cappetta
2023Ctenopristis Guinot et al. pp. 8-9 figs. 4K-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderSclerorhynchoidei
familySclerorhynchidae
genusCtenopristis

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. †Ctenopristis Arambourg 1940
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Ctenopristis nougareti Arambourg 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Danian or 85.80000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Jordan C. jordanicus (62538)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria C. sp. (117850 117852 117853 117854 117855 117857)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan C. sp. (65222)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco C. nougareti (116902 116903)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco C. nougareti (99627 213665 213666)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco C. nougareti (83311)