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Schizorhizinae

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Taxonomy

Schizorhizinae was named by Kirkland and Aguillón-Martínez (2002).

It was assigned to Sclerorhynchidae by Kirkland and Aguillón-Martínez (2002).

Subtaxa

Schizorhiza

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2002	Schizorhizinae Kirkland and Aguillón-Martínez p. 21

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Batomorphii
order	Rajiformes	Berg 1940
suborder	Sclerorhynchoidei
family	Sclerorhynchidae
subfamily	Schizorhizinae
subfamily	Schizorhizinae

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.

Subfm. †Schizorhizinae Kirkland and Aguillón-Martínez 2002

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G. †Schizorhiza Weiler 1930

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†Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930

†Schizorhiza weileri Serra 1933

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektobenthico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Created:

2009-07-21 07:15:23

Modified:

2009-07-21 09:15:23

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Mexico (Coahuila)	Schizorhiza stromeri (79607)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (North Carolina)	Schizorhiza sp. (128412)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Syria	Schizorhiza stromeri (117853 117854 117857 117863)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jordan	Schizorhiza stromeri (65222 65223)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (South Carolina)	Schizorhiza stromeri (79362)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mexico (Coahuila)	Schizorhiza stromeri (79606)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Morocco	Schizorhiza stromeri (99627 123268 213558)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mali (Kidal)	Schizorhiza stromeri (206855)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Niger	Schizorhiza stromeri (229529)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Niger (Tahoua)	Schizorhiza stromeri (48868 178660)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mali	Schizorhiza stromeri (202360)