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Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis was named by Schaumberg (1982). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wolfsberg pit, Bad Hersfeld, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Hopleacanthus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis Schaumberg p. 237 figs. 1-11, 13,14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
genusHopleacanthus
speciesrichelsdorfensis

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.

†Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis Schaumberg 1982
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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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis (type locality: 90451)