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Synechodus riegrafi

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Taxonomy
Palaeospinax riegrafi was named by Thies (1983). Its type specimen is SMF 7098, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buchsteige, near Balingen, which is in an Oxfordian marine marl in Germany.

It was recombined as Synechodus riegrafi by Duffin and Ward (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Palaeospinax riegrafi Thies p. 16 figs. pl. 2, figs 3-4
1993Synechodus riegrafi Duffin and Ward p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderSynechodontiformes
familyPalaeospinacidaeRegan 1906
genusSynechodusWoodward 1888
speciesriegrafi()

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.

Synechodus riegrafi Thies 1983
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Palaeospinax riegrafi (type locality: 137169)