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Reesodus wirksworthensis

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Taxonomy
Lissodus wirksworthensis was named by Duffin (1985). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steeplehouse Quarry, Bolehill, Wirksworth, which is in an Asbian/Brigantian carbonate limestone/shale in the Cawdor Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Reesodus wirksworthensis by Koot et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Lissodus wirksworthensis Duffin
2013Reesodus wirksworthensis Koot et al. p. 316

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassHybodonta
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
genusReesodus
specieswirksworthensis()

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.

†Reesodus wirksworthensis Duffin 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Brigantian or 339.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Lissodus wirksworthensis (type locality: 90278)