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Bathytheristes gracilis

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Bathytheristes gracilis was named by Duffin (1995). Its type specimen is SMNS 59754, a tooth (left upper ("palatine") toothplate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gonser quarry, Ohmden (Lias Epsilon II-6), which is in a Falciferum marine shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Bathytheristes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Bathytheristes gracilis Duffin p. 5 fig. 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
familyCallorhynchidae(Garman 1901)
genusBathytheristes
speciesgracilis

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.

Bathytheristes gracilis Duffin 1995
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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: Falciferum or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Bathytheristes gracilis (type locality: 139792)