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Agaleus dorsetensis

Chondrichthyes - Agaleidae

Taxonomy
Agaleus dorsetensis was named by Duffin and Ward (1983). Its type specimen is BMNH P.60788, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Church Cliff, Lyme Regis (BMNH Fish), which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Agaleus dorsetensis Duffin and Ward p. 408 figs. 1a-e, 3a-3
1993Agaleus dorsetensis Biddle p. 62 figs. 1a-c, 2a-c, 3a-c, 4a-b
1998Agaleus dorsetensis Rees p. 448 figs. 6A-F
2000Agaleus dorsetensis Rees p. 412
2001Agaleus dorsetensis Delsate p. 52 figs. Pl 1, figs J-M
2019Agaleus dorsetensis Stumpf and Kriwet p. 648 figs. 4e-h

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
familyAgaleidae
genusAgaleus
speciesdorsetensis

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.

†Agaleus dorsetensis Duffin and Ward 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. J. Duffin and D. J. Ward 1983As for genus.
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 Early/Lower Sinemurian to the top of the Davoei or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Agaleus dorsetensis (type locality: 136920)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Agaleus dorsetensis (159478)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2France (Ardennes) Agaleus dorsetensis (149429)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Denmark Agaleus dorsetensis (90434)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Sweden (Scania) Agaleus dorsetensis (90692)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France (Sarthe) Agaleus dorsetensis (149433)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France (Ardennes) Agaleus dorsetensis (149430 149431)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France Agaleus dorsetensis (149432)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Agaleus dorsetensis (189042 206457)