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Egertonodus basanus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus basanus was named by Egerton (1845). Its type specimen is Museum of Practical Geology, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Orthybodus basanus by Jaekel (1898); it was recombined as Egertonodus basanus by Maisey (1987), Batchelor and Ward (1990), Underwood and Rees (2002), Blake et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Hybodus basanus Egerton
1889Hybodus basanus Woodward p. 273
1898Orthybodus basanus Jaekel p. 139
1916Hybodus basanus Woodward p. 5
1919Hybodus basanus Woodward p. 139
1987Egertonodus basanus Maisey p. 27
1990Egertonodus basanus Batchelor and Ward p. 184 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
2002Egertonodus basanus Underwood and Rees p. 84
2024Egertonodus basanus Blake et al. p. 500 figs. 6I-N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassHybodonta
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
familyHybodontidae()
genusEgertonodus
speciesbasanus(Egerton 1845)

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.

†Egertonodus basanus Egerton 1845
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 157.90000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous201.4 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (241438)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Basse-Normandie) Hybodus basanus (74916)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Figuig) Egertonodus basanus (204918 204924 204936 204990)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Oriental) Egertonodus basanus (45726)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (90711 90713)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Sweden (Scania) Egertonodus basanus (144784 144786)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Spain (Cantabria) Egertonodus basanus (136002)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (90712)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (90714 90715 90716 90717 90718 90719 90721 90722 90723 90724 90725 90726 90727 90728 90729)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Hybodus basanus (102993)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Hybodus basanus (96621)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Hybodus basanus (119697)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Hybodus basanus (235313)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (241459 241464)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Maryland) Egertonodus basanus (14376)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (241463)