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Ganodus rugulosus

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae

Taxonomy
Ganodus rugulosus was named by Egerton (1847). Its type specimen is BMNH P.600, a tooth (right 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 rugulosus Egerton p. 352
1891Ganodus rugulosus Woodward p. 57 figs. pl. I, fig. 11

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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()
speciesrugulosusEgerton 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 rugulosus 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, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

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 rugulosus (type locality: 131844)