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Protosqualus sigei

Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

Taxonomy
Protosqualus sigei was named by Cappetta (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St-Pô Farm, between Petit Blanc-Nez and Strouanne, which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. siegei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Protosqualus sigei Cappetta p. 969 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-11
1991Protosqualus sigei Müller and Diedrich p. 17
1993Protosqualus sigei Biddle p. 198
1999Protosqualus sigei Underwood and Mitchell figs. Pl 2, figs 5-8
2008Protosqualus sigei Adnet et al. p. 713

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
—Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
—SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
—Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familySqualidaeBonaparte 1834
genusProtosqualus
speciessigei

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.

†Protosqualus sigei Cappetta 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 113.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Protosqualus sigei (213321 213322 213323 213324)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France (Marne) Protosqualus sigei (235560)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3United Kingdom (England) Protosqualus sigei (213325 213326 213366 213367)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Marne) Protosqualus sigei (169108 235563 235567)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Haute-Marne) Protosqualus sigei (235569)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Protosqualus sigei (type locality: 214872)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Protosqualus sigei (213327 213328 213329 213330 213331 213332 213333 213334 213335 213336 213337 213339 213340 213344 213346 213348 213351 213369 213370 213371 213372 213373 213374)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Protosqualus sigei (213355 213356 213358 213359 213363)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Protosqualus sigei (213365)