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Heterodontus paucicarinatus

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Heterodontobatis paucicarinata was named by Landemaine (1991). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moulin de la Chaussée (MCH), which is in a Cenomanian paralic siliciclastic in France.

It was recombined as Heterodontus paucicarinatus by Cahuzac et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Heterodontobatis paucicarinata Landemaine p. 8 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3
2007Heterodontus paucicarinatus Cahuzac et al. p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusHeterodontusde Blainville 1816
speciespaucicarinatus()

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.

Heterodontus paucicarinatus Landemaine 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Heterodontus paucicarinatus (77229 77230 77233)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Heterodontobatis paucicarinata (242279)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Heterodontobatis paucicarinata (type locality: 242280)