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Synechodus lerichei

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Taxonomy
Synechodus lerichei was named by Herman (1977). Its type specimen is no number listed and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tranchée de Caster, Albert Canal (coprolite horizon), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of Belgium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. clarkia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Synechodus lerichei Herman p. 33 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 7
2013Synechodus lerichei Guinot et al. p. 595 figs. 3C'-F'

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderSynechodontiformes
familyPalaeospinacidaeRegan 1906
genusSynechodusWoodward 1888
specieslerichei

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.

†Synechodus lerichei Herman 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 07:23:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:23:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Synechodus lerichei (213376)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Belgium Synechodus lerichei (241893)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Synechodus lerichei (241965)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Somme) Synechodus lerichei (213566)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Marne) Synechodus lerichei (157588)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Synechodus lerichei (241906 241964)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Synechodus lerichei (154736)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Limburg) Synechodus lerichei (type locality: 241927)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Synechodus lerichei (241963 241988)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Synechodus lerichei (241966)