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Diplolonchidion murryi

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Diplolonchidion murryi was named by Heckert (2004). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMMNH P-34378. Its type locality is NMMNH L-1430, Upper Kalgary, which is in a Norian channel lag sandstone/conglomerate in the Tecovas Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Diplolonchidion.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Diplolonchidion murryi Heckert pp. 74-76 figs. 59A-C, 60A-B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyPolyacrodontidae
genusDiplolonchidion
speciesmurryi

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.

Diplolonchidion murryi Heckert 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Diplolonchidion murryi (type locality: 13266)