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Scyliorhinus fossilis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Chiloscyllium fossile was named by Leriche (1927).

It was recombined as Scyliorhinus fossilis by Halter (1995), Schneider et al. (2009) and VillafaƱa et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Physodon ficheuri Joleaud
1927Chiloscyllium fossile Leriche
1970Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta
1995Scyliorhinus fossilis Halter
2009Scyliorhinus fossilis Schneider et al.
2020Scyliorhinus fossilis VillafaƱa et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusScyliorhinusBlainville 1816
speciesfossilis(Leriche 1927)

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.

Scyliorhinus fossilis Leriche 1927
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Invalid names: Physodon ficheuri Joleaud 1912 [synonym], Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta 1970 [synonym]
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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the MN 13 or 20.44000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Scyliorhinus fossilis (188985)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Scyliorhinus fossilis (210593)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Scyliorhinus joleaudi (65955)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Scyliorhinus joleaudi (65954)