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Parotodus benedenii

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Oxyrhina benedenii was named by Le Hon (1871).

It was corrected as Oxyrhina benedeni by Leriche (1926); it was recombined as Uyenoa benedeni by Kuga (1985); it was recombined as Parotodus benedenii by Cappetta (1980), Purdy et al. (2001) and Kent (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Oxyrhina benedenii Le Hon
1910Oxyrhina benedenii Leriche pp. 281-283
1926Oxyrhina benedeni Leriche p. 397
1980Parotodus benedenii Cappetta p. 34 fig. 3
1985Uyenoa benedeni Kuga p. 14
2001Parotodus benedenii Purdy et al. p. 110
2018Parotodus benedenii Kent p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidae
genusParotodus
speciesbenedenii(Le Hon 1871)

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.

Parotodus benedenii Le Hon 1871
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Zanclean or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan Uyenoa benedeni (167460)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Uyenoa benedeni (55920)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Uyenoa benedeni (204344)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Parotodus benedenii (46167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Parotodus benedenii (52582)