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Palidiplospinax enniskilleni

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Taxonomy
Synechodus enniskilleni was named by Duffin and Ward (1993). Its type specimen is BMNH P.3189, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Palidiplospinax enniskilleni by Klug and Kriwet (2008), Stumpf and Kriwet (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Synechodus enniskilleni Delsate and Duffin p. 118 figs. Pl 7, fig 1; pl 10, fig 6
1993Synechodus enniskilleni Duffin and Ward p. 63 figs. pl. 2-8, fig b, 10, fig a
1995Synechodus enniskilleni Delsate and Godefroit p. 28 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1
2000Synechodus enniskilleni Rees p. 418
2001Synechodus enniskilleni Delsate p. 52
2008Palidiplospinax enniskilleni Klug and Kriwet p. 444 figs. 1a, 2a
2019Palidiplospinax enniskilleni Stumpf and Kriwet p. 642 fig. 3a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderSynechodontiformes
familyPalaeospinacidaeRegan 1906
genusPalidiplospinax
speciesenniskilleni()

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.

Palidiplospinax enniskilleni Duffin and Ward 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:23:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:23:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Toarcian or 201.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany Palaeospinax priscus (137167)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9Belgium Synechodus enniskilleni (179491)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Palaeospinax priscus (122155)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Sweden (Scania) Synechodus enniskilleni (90692)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France (Ardennes) Synechodus enniskilleni (149430)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Palidiplospinax enniskilleni (206457)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Belgium Synechodus enniskilleni (141632)