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Scyliorhinus luypaertsi

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus luypaertsi was named by Halter (1995). Its type specimen is IRSNB P 6350, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry E.N.C.I., base of Valkenburg Chalk (Lichtenberg Horizon), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. arambourgi, S. bloti, S. gilbert, S. ivagrantae, S. tensleepensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Scyliorhinus luypaertsi Halter p. 89 figs. Pls 9-12; text-fig 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusScyliorhinusBlainville 1816
speciesluypaertsi

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.

†Scyliorhinus luypaertsi Halter 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available