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Foumtizia pattersoni

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus pattersoni was named by Cappetta (1976). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burnham on Crouch, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Foumtizia pattersoni by Adnet (2006), Malyshkina (2006).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2013-08-17; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-12-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta p. 559 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-5
1985Scyliorhinus pattersoni Bor p. 97 figs. Pl 4, fig 5
2006Foumtizia pattersoni Adnet p. 94
2006Foumtizia pattersoni Malyshkina p. 473

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusFoumtizia
speciespattersoni(Cappetta 1976)

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.

†Foumtizia pattersoni Cappetta 1976
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 10 to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Foumtizia pattersoni (68440)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Foumtizia pattersoni (276601 276602)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Netherlands Scyliorhinus pattersoni (276480 276481)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Scyliorhinus pattersoni (type locality: 204217)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Netherlands Scyliorhinus pattersoni (276501)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Scyliorhinus pattersoni (41888 41989 41992 41996 41998)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Foumtizia pattersoni (149625)