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Cestracion coleridgensis

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Cestracion coleridgensis was named by Chapman (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coleridge Gully, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Cestracion coleridgensis Chapman p. 6 figs. Plate IX ,Fig. 3a, b
1924Cestracion coleridgensis Chapman and Cudmore p. 111

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusCestracionde Blainville 1816
speciescoleridgensis

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.

Cestracion coleridgensis Chapman 1918
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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 07:18:00
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Australia (Tasmania) Cestracion coleridgensis (28307)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Cestracion coleridgensis (type locality: 202913)