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Squaloraja tenuispina

Chondrichthyes - Squalorajiformes - Squalorajidae

Taxonomy
Squaloraja tenuispina was named by Woodward (1886). Its type specimen is BMNH P.2081 (rostral spine) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Squaloraja tenuispina Woodward p. 530 figs. pl. lv. fig. 6
1891Squaloraja tenuispina Woodward p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
—Cochliodontomorpha
orderSqualorajiformesPatterson 1965
familySqualorajidaeWoodward 1886
genusSqualorajaRiley 1833
speciestenuispinaWoodward 1886

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.

†Squaloraja tenuispina Woodward 1886
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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 06:36:22
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:36:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Squaloraja tenuispina (type locality: 122154)