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Oblidens bornholmensis

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Taxonomy
Oblidens bornholmensis was named by Duffin and Milàn (2017). Its type specimen is NHMD 117400, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 100 m south of Hasle, which is in a Pliensbachian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Hasle Formation of Denmark. It is the type species of Oblidens.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Oblidens bornholmensis Duffin and Milàn p. 164 figs. 3A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderMyriacanthoideiPatterson 1965
familyMyriacanthidae
genusOblidens
speciesbornholmensis

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.

†Oblidens bornholmensis Duffin and Milàn 2017
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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 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Denmark Oblidens bornholmensis (type locality: 190857)