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Centrophoroides latidens

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae

Taxonomy
Centrophoroides latidens was named by Davis (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (BMNH collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Acanthias latidens by Woodward (1889); it was recombined as Squalus latidens by Herman (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Centrophoroides latidens Davis p. 478 figs. Pl 15, figs 2,2a
1889Acanthias latidens Woodward p. 31
1977Squalus latidens Herman p. 139 figs. Pl 5, fig 9
1980Centrophoroides latidens Cappetta p. 88 figs. Pl 6; pl 7, figs 1,2; text-figs 8,9

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

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Hokkaido) Centrophoroides latidens (161434)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Centrophoroides latidens (92241 type locality: 221157 221175)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Centrophoroides latidens (219963)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Squalus latidens (241906)