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Weltonia

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes

Taxonomy
Weltonia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Notidanus (Heptranchias) ancistrodon.

It was assigned to Hexanchiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Weltonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
genusWeltonia

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.

G. †Weltonia
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Weltonia ancistrodon Arambourg 1952
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 07:04:38
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:04:38
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 66.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) W. ancistrodon (62840)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Jordan W. sp. (65225)