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Bobbodus xerxesi

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Eugeneodontidae

Taxonomy
Bobbodus xerxesi was named by Hampe et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MB.f 19201, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H7/1, Baghuk Mountain, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Bobbodus xerxesi Hampe et al. p. 7 fig. 3E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyCaseodontoidea
familyEugeneodontidae
genusBobbodus
speciesxerxesi

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.

†Bobbodus xerxesi Hampe et al. 2013
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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 07:03:14
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:03:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran Bobbodus xerxesi (type locality: 137398)