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Duffinselache holwellensis

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Polyacrodus holwellensis was named by Duffin (1998). Its type specimen is CD16, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Microlestes Quarry, Frome, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill claystone/sandstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Duffinselache.

It was recombined as Duffinselache holwellensis by Andreev and Cuny (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Polyacrodus holwellensis Duffin p. 241 figs. 2a-b
2012Duffinselache holwellensis Andreev and Cuny p. 262 figs. 5, 6E,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
genusDuffinselache
speciesholwellensis()

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.

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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Polyacrodus holwellensis (type locality: 120898)