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Leptochariidae
Taxonomy
Leptochariidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Carcharhiniformes by Underwood (2006) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Carcharhiniformes by Underwood (2006) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Leptochariidae Underwood p. 234 |
| 2016 | Leptochariidae Nelson et al. p. 70 |
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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. Leptochariidae
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G. †Leptocharias Müller and Henle 1837
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†Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward 2008
†Leptocharias tunisiensis Adnet et al. 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Priabonian or 85.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptocharias cretaceus (213377 213381) | |
| Middle Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptocharias cretaceus (213376 213380) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptocharias cretaceus (213378 213382) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Egypt | Leptocharias sp. (137540) | |
| Bartonian | Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) | Leptocharias tunisiensis (173640) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Leptocharias sp. (137550 137564 137569 137579) |