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Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense
Taxonomy
Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Youssoufia, recette 4, sillon X (YOU), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate phosphorite in Morocco.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense Noubhani and Cappetta p. 43 figs. Pl 16, figs 1-10 |
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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 youssoufiaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Morocco | Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense (99627 214368 type locality: 214374 214375 214828 214831 214836 214837 214838) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian | Morocco | Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense (214373) |