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Psephodus salopiensis

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Psephodontidae

Taxonomy
Psephodus salopiensis was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH 42189 (upper dental plate) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Psephodus salopiensis Woodward p. 182 figs. pl. VI fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalimorpha(Lund 1986)
orderCochliodontiformesObruchev 1953
familyPsephodontidae
genusPsephodusMorris and Roberts 1862
speciessalopiensis

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.

†Psephodus salopiensis Woodward 1889
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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 06:56:40
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:56:40
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Mississippian or 358.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom Psephodus salopiensis (type locality: 137332)