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Squaliolus gasconensis

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Dalatiidae

Taxonomy
Squaliolus gasconensis was named by Adnet (2006). Its type specimen is ANG79, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miretrain quarry, level 0, Angoumé, which is in a Lutetian slope marl in the Marnes de Miretrain Formation of France.

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2020-12-29; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-01-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Squaliolus gasconensis Adnet p. 38 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-7; pl 12, fig 1
2007Squaliolus gasconensis Cahuzac et al. p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderSqualiformesGoodrich 1909
familyDalatiidaeGray 1851
genusSqualiolusSmith and Radcliffe 1912
speciesgasconensis

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.

†Squaliolus gasconensis Adnet 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available