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Proheterodontus sylvestris

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Proheterodontus sylvestris was named by Underwood and Ward (2004). Its type specimen is BMNH P.66068, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Watton Cliff, Dorset [Forest Marble Fm], which is in a Bathonian marine limestone in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Proheterodontus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Proheterodontus sylvestris Underwood and Ward p. 461 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusProheterodontus
speciessylvestris

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.

Proheterodontus sylvestris Underwood and Ward 2004
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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, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Proheterodontus sylvestris (type locality: 91449 224639)