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Rolfodon

Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Chlamydoselachidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Rolfodon Cappetta et al. p. 1126
2024Rolfodon Feichtinger et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSqualomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyChlamydoselachidae
genusRolfodon

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.

G. †Rolfodon Cappetta et al. 2019
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Rolfodon bracheri Pfeil 1983
Rolfodon goliath Antunes and Cappetta 2002
Rolfodon keyesi Mannering and Hiller 2008
Rolfodon landinii Carillo-BriceƱo et al. 2014
Rolfodon ludvigseni Cappetta et al. 2019
Rolfodon tatere Consoli 2008
Rolfodon thomsoni Richter and Ward 1990
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 07:04:38
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:04:38
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Tortonian or 83.60000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) R. ludvigseni (221571) R. ludvigseni, R. thomsoni (221572)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria R. sp. (233355)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria R. sp. (233260 233359)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24New Zealand (Chatham Islands Territory) Chlamydoselachus tatere (207006)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand Chlamydoselachus keyesi (90578 90579)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador Chlamydoselachus landinii (204346)