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Dalatias

Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae

Taxonomy
Dalatias was named by Rafinesque (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 453]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Squalidae by Jordan (1963), Long (1992); to Dalatiinae by Keyes (1984), Yabe and Hirayama (1998); to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dalatiidae by Jordan (1907), Sykes (1971), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016).

Species
D. licha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Dalatias Rafinesque
1907Dalatias Jordan p. 118
1963Dalatias Jordan p. 601
1971Dalatias Sykes p. 13
1984Dalatias Keyes p. 209
1992Dalatias Long p. 19
1998Dalatias Yabe and Hirayama p. 38
2002Dalatias Sepkoski
2016Dalatias Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 83

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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
genusDalatiasRafinesque 1810

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. Dalatias Rafinesque 1810
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Dalatias licha Bonnaterre 1788
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Pliocene or 61.66000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand D. sp. (90580)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) D. licha (204293)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Antarctica D. licha (31173)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) D. licha (204292)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) D. licha (204281)
Waitakian - Otaian25.2 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) D. licha (204297)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia (La Guajira) D. licha (182218)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Hokuriku) D. licha (161492)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63South Korea D. licha (221132)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Gifu) D. licha (161445)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (North Island) D. licha (204296)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Japan (Hokuriku) D. licha (161489)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand (North Island) D. licha (204295)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) D. licha (160781)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Ishikawa) D. sp. (53883)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan D. licha (161785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan (Chiba) D. licha (202927)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Japan (Chiba) D. licha (70006)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Kanagawa) D. licha (161451)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (North Island) D. licha (204247)
Mangapanian3.0 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) D. licha (204177 204178 204285)