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Brachaelurus

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae

Taxonomy
Brachaelurus was named by Ogilby (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 525,884]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Brachaeluridae.

It was assigned to Orectolobidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta and Case (1975), Bryant (1989); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002), Underwood (2006); and to Brachaeluridae by Guinot et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Brachaelurus Ogilby
1963Brachaelurus Jordan p. 598
1975Brachaelurus Cappetta and Case p. 10
1989Brachaelurus Bryant p. 11
2002Brachaelurus Sepkoski
2006Brachaelurus Underwood p. 235
2014Brachaelurus Guinot et al. p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
familyBrachaeluridaeApplegate 1972
genusBrachaelurusOgilby 1906

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. Brachaelurus Ogilby 1906
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Brachaelurus hornerstownensis Case et al. 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Priabonian or 137.05000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France (Gard) B. sp. (213631)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) B. bighornensis (70269 70451 70453 70455 70501)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) B. sp. 1, B. sp. 2 (213746)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) B. hornerstownensis (61807)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Jordan B. sp. (32899)