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Sclerorhynchus

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Sclerorhynchus Woodward p. 76
1940Sclerorhynchus Arambourg
1963Sclerorhynchus Jordan p. 602
1977Sclerorhynchus Herman p. 294
1987Sclerorhynchus Cappetta p. 154
1991Sclerorhynchus Case p. 7
1999Sclerorhynchus Cappetta and Case p. 36
2002Sclerorhynchus Sepkoski
2003Sclerorhynchus Cicimurri pp. 11-12 figs. 5, N
2004Sclerorhynchus Suárez and Cappetta
2011Sclerorhynchus Bourdon et al. p. 37
2022Sclerorhynchus Feichtinger et al. p. 19

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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
genusSclerorhynchus

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. †Sclerorhynchus Woodward 1889
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Sclerorhynchus atavus Woodward 1889
Sclerorhynchus fanninensis Cappetta and Case 1999
Sclerorhynchus priscus Cappetta and Case 1999
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Hokkaido) S. sp. (161434)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon S. solomonis, S. sentus (221229)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) S. sp. 2, S. priscus (213299)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) S. sp. (52037)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon S. atavus (92241)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Jordan S. karakensis (62538)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) S. sp. 1, S. fanninensis (213303)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel S. sp. (35443)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) S. sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) S. sp. (27570)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) S. sp. (164558)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) S. sp. (126600)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) S. sp. (90926)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) S. pettersi (61807)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. pettersi (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Austria S. sp. (228910 228912)