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Halonodon luxembourgensis

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Taxonomy
Halonodon luxembourgensis was named by Duffin and Delsate (1993). Its type specimen is BR 739, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Reckingerwald quarry, near Brouch, which is in an Angulata marine limestone in the Grès de Luxembourg Formation of Luxembourg.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Halonodon luxembourgensis Duffin and Delsate p. 673 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderMyriacanthoideiPatterson 1965
familyMyriacanthidae
genusHalonodon
speciesluxembourgensis

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.

†Halonodon luxembourgensis Duffin and Delsate 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Angulata or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Luxembourg Halonodon luxembourgensis (type locality: 138437)