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Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Scoliodon ganntourensis was named by Arambourg (1952).

It was recombined as Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997) and Ebersole et al. (2019); it was misspelled as Rhizoprionodon gantourensis by Boulemia and Adnet (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Scoliodon ganntourensis Arambourg
1997Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Noubhani and Cappetta p. 87 figs. Pl 47, figs 1-10
2019Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Ebersole et al. p. 78
2023Rhizoprionodon gantourensis Boulemia and Adnet p. 8 fig. 3I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusRhizoprionodonWhitley 1929
speciesganntourensis(Arambourg 1952)

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.

Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria Rhizoprionodon gantourensis (232262)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (116904 214846 214847 214849 214850 214851)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (81179 209524)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Uzbekistan Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (62573)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (209522)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Rhizoprionodon gantourensis (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (32991)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (81266 176944)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (202013 202014)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis (160397)