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Cladoselache
Taxonomy
Cladoselache was named by Dean (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,1066]. Its type is Cladodus fyleri.
It was assigned to Cladoselachida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cladoselachidae by Dean (1894), Hay (1902), Jordan (1963), Zangerl (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Williams (2001) and Ginter et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Cladoselachida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cladoselachidae by Dean (1894), Hay (1902), Jordan (1963), Zangerl (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Williams (2001) and Ginter et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1894 | Cladoselache Dean p. 88 |
| 1902 | Cladoselache Hay p. 272 |
| 1963 | Cladoselache Jordan p. 591 |
| 1981 | Cladoselache Thurmond and Jones p. 37 |
| 1981 | Cladoselache Zangerl p. 66 |
| 2001 | Cladoselache Williams p. 221 |
| 2002 | Cladoselache Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Cladoselache Ginter et al. p. 58 |
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G. †Cladoselache Dean 1894
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†Cladoselache clarki Claypole 1893
†Cladoselache fyleri Newberry 1889
†Cladoselache kepleri Newberry 1888
†Cladoselache newberryi Dean 1894
†Cladoselache sinuatus Claypole 1893
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Dean 1894 | Body bluntly fusiform. Teeth cladodont, p. 106. Shagreen varying in body regions. In pectoral delicate (dermal) rays between radialia, radialia in character as described p. 92. Tail, with basal supports arranged as shown p. 98, exhibiting fine (dermal) ray structure in place of hypurals of upper lobe. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Carboniferous or 372.20000 to 298.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Famennian | USA (Ohio) | C. clarki (90678) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Ohio) | C. sp. (226533) |