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Protospinacidae

Chondrichthyes - Protospinaciformes - Protospinacidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Protospinacidae Woodward p. 232
1983Protospinacidae Thies p. 20
2002Protospinacidae Underwood
2003Protospinacidae Delsate p. 9
2004Protospinacidae Underwood and Ward p. 483
2006Protospinacidae Underwood p. 234
2019Protospinacidae van der Laan p. 44
2025Protospinacidae Begat et al. p. 734

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderProtospinaciformes
familyProtospinacidae
familyProtospinacidae

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.

Fm. †Protospinacidae Woodward 1919
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G. †Breviacanthus Maisey 1976
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†Breviacanthus brevis Philips 1871
G. †Protospinax Woodward 1919
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†Protospinax annectans Woodward 1919
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Invalid names: Squalogaleus woodwardi Maisey 1976 [synonym]
†Protospinax carvalhoi Underwood and Ward 2004
†Protospinax planus Underwood 2002
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: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 180.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous201.4 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Protospinax annectans (241438)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany Protospinax sp. (148936)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg Protospinax sp. (148935)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg Protospinax sp. (141383 141384)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany Protospinax sp. (139230)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7Luxembourg Protospinax sp. (141386 141387 141389)
Laeviuscula170.9 - 168.2France Protospinax carvalhoi (179497)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Nemacanthus brevis (131844)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Breviacanthus brevis (91449)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Protospinax sp. 1 (141283) Protospinax sp. 2 (141286)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom Protospinax annectans (137185)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland Protospinax sp. 1, Protospinax sp. 2 (117993)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Luxembourg Protospinax sp. 1, Protospinax sp. 2, Protospinax annectans (91447)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland Protospinax sp. 1, Protospinax sp. 2 (97035)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Spain Protospinax sp. (151900)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Protospinax lochensteinensis (137169)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Protospinax annectans (276591)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06United Kingdom (England) Protospinax planus (140224)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Protospinax annectans, Squalogaleus woodwardi (121197)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Protospinax annectans (139551 276590)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France (Gard) Protospinax sp. (213631)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Protospinax sp. (241457)