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Heterodontus carerens

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Heterodontus carerens was named by Kriwet (1999). Its type specimen is IPFUB-Alc-Ela 1/1, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alcaine, which is in a Barremian carbonate limestone in Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Heterodontus carerens Kriwet p. 116 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5
2009Heterodontus carerens Kriwet et al. p. 320
2022Heterodontus carerens Kaneko and Fujimoto p. 24 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-fig 3A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusHeterodontusde Blainville 1816
speciescarerens

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.

Heterodontus carerens Kriwet 1999
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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 07:18:00
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Santonian or 130.00000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Teruel) Heterodontus carerens (type locality: 91420)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Heterodontus carerens (235546)