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Plicatoscyllium lehneri

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy
Ginglymostoma lehneri was named by Leriche (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bella Vista, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

It was synonymized subjectively with Plicatoscyllium minutum by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997) and Cappetta and Corral (1999); it was recombined as Plicatoscyllium lehneri by Corral et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Ginglymostoma lehneri Leriche p. 22
1943Ginglymostoma rugosum Dartevelle and Casier
1958Ginglymostoma lehneri Casier p. 54
1963Gynglymostoma rugosum Tabaste p. 470
2016Plicatoscyllium lehneri Corral et al. p. 650 figs. 8A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
superfamilyOrectoloboideaMaylor 2012
familyGinglymostomatidaeGill 1862
genusPlicatoscyllium
specieslehneri()

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.

Plicatoscyllium lehneri Leriche 1938
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Invalid names: Ginglymostoma rugosum Dartevelle and Casier 1943 [synonym]
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 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mali (Kidal) Gynglymostoma rugosum (206855)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) Ginglymostoma lehneri (221504)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Plicatoscyllium lehneri (99627)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) Plicatoscyllium lehneri (213730)