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Ganodus dentatus

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae

Taxonomy
Ganodus dentatus was named by Egerton (1847). Its type specimen is BMNH P.614, a tooth (left mandibular), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish), which is in a Bathonian marine slate in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ganodus dentatus Egerton p. 353
1891Ganodus dentatus Woodward p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderChimaeroidei
familyCallorhinchidaeGarman 1901
genusGanodus()
speciesdentatusEgerton 1847

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.

†Ganodus dentatus Egerton 1847
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Ganodus dentatus (type locality: 131844)