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Chiloscyllium meraense

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Taxonomy
Chiloscyllium meraense was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mera el Arech, sillon B, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Chiloscyllium meraense Noubhani and Cappetta p. 20 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-8; pl 2, figs 1-7
2005Chiloscyllium meraense Tabuce et al. p. 385

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyHemiscylliidaeGill 1862
genusChiloscylliumMüller and Henle 1837
speciesmeraense

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.

†Chiloscyllium meraense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Chiloscyllium meraense (116904 214849 214850 type locality: 214851)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Morocco Chiloscyllium meraense (91339)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal Chiloscyllium meraense (133429)