Synonym: Vallisia Duffin 1982 [replaced name]
Full reference: C. J. Duffin. 2021. A replacement name for the preoccupied genus name Vallisia Duffin, 1982 (Chondrichthyes: Neoselachii) . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 301:229-232
Parent taxon: Neoselachii according to C. J. Duffin 2021
See also Duffin 1982, Ginter et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agaleidae, Anachronistidae, Batoidea, Batomorphii, Dalatiiformes, Duffinselache, Galea, Galeomorphii, Grozonodon, Hopleacanthus, Mcmurdodontidae, Nanocetorhinus, Odontorhytis, Ostenoselachidae, Palaeocarcharidae, Rhomaleodus, Selachii, Squalea, Squalomorphii, Squatinomorphii, Synechodontiformes
Subtaxa: Vallisodus coppi
Type: Vallisia coppi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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