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Protocentrophorus balticus

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae

Taxonomy
Centrophorus balticus was named by Dalinkevičius (1935) [lectotype designated by Adnet et al. 2008]. Its type specimen is COLL-VU 7, a tooth (anterolateral tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skirsnemunė (beds with Rhynchonella octoplicata), which is in a Cenomanian offshore marl in the Labguva Formation of Lithuania.

It was recombined as Protocentrophorus balticus by Adnet et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Centrophorus balticus Dalinkevičius p. 248 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-9; text-figs 4-7
2008Protocentrophorus balticus Adnet et al. p. 716

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderSqualiformesGoodrich 1909
familySqualidaeBonaparte 1834
genusProtocentrophorus
speciesbalticus()

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.

Protocentrophorus balticus Dalinkevičius 1935
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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, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Centrophorus balticus (type locality: 213719)