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Callorhinchus phillipsi

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae

Taxonomy
Callorhinchus phillipsi was named by Cicimurri and Ebersole (2015). Its type specimen is MMNS 6210, a partial skull (right palatine), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MS.53.035, which is in a Danian marine horizon in the Clayton Formation of Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Callorhinchus phillipsi Cicimurri and Ebersole p. 4 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderChimaeroidei
familyCallorhinchidaeGarman 1901
genusCallorhinchusLacépède 1798
speciesphillipsi

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.

Callorhinchus phillipsi Cicimurri and Ebersole 2015
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Mississippi) Callorhinchus phillipsi (type locality: 198620)