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Palidiplospinax occultidens

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Taxonomy
Synechodus occultidens was named by Duffin and Ward (1993). Its type specimen is BMNH P3190, a partial skull, 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 occultidens by Klug and Kriwet (2008) and Stumpf and Kriwet (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Synechodus occultidens Delsate and Duffin p. 119 figs. Pl 10, fig 7
1993Synechodus occultidens Duffin and Ward p. 72 figs. pl. 8; figs a-b, 9-12
1995Synechodus occultidens Delsate and Godefroit p. 28 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, figs. 1-2, 5
1998Synechodus occultidens Rees p. 447 fig. 5C,D
2000Synechodus occultidens Rees p. 418
2001Synechodus occultidens Delsate p. 52 figs. Pl 1, fig G
2008Palidiplospinax occultidens Klug and Kriwet p. 444 figs. 1b, 2b
2019Palidiplospinax occultidens Stumpf and Kriwet p. 644 figs. 3c-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSynechodontiformes
familyPalaeospinacidaeRegan 1906
genusPalidiplospinax
speciesoccultidens()

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 occultidens 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, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Semicostatum to the top of the Toarcian or 196.50000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Synechodus occultidens (type locality: 122155)
Semicostatum196.5 - 189.6Belgium Synechodus occultidens (179491 179495)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Denmark Synechodus occultidens (90434)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Sweden (Scania) Synechodus occultidens (90692)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France (Ardennes) Synechodus occultidens (149430 149431)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Palidiplospinax occultidens (189042 206457)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Belgium Synechodus occultidens (141632)