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Squaliolus schaubi

Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae

Taxonomy
Centroscymnus schaubi was named by Casier (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bissex Hill, which is in a Priabonian marine siltstone in the Joe's River Formation of Barbados.

It was recombined as Squaliolus schaubi by Underwood and Mitchell (2004), Underwood and Schlogl (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Centroscymnus schaubi Casier figs. pl. 1, fig. 11
1966Centroscymnus schaubi Casier p. 498
2004Squaliolus schaubi Underwood and Mitchell
2013Squaliolus schaubi Underwood and Schlogl p. 492

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familyDalatiidaeGray 1851
genusSqualiolusSmith and Radcliffe 1912
speciesschaubi()

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.

Squaliolus schaubi Casier 1958
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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 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Barbados Centroscymnus schaubi (220735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Barbados Centroscymnus schaubi (205153 220740 220746 220747)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Jamaica Squaliolus schaubi (69729)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Squaliolus schaubi (161895 161896 161897 161898 161900 161901 161902)