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Callorhinchus alfordi

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae

Taxonomy
Callorhinchus alfordi was named by Cicimurri and Ebersole (2015) [no type locality listed; reported to occur in Piscataway Member, Aquia Formation, Thanetian age]. Its type specimen is CMM-V-5791, a mandible (incomplete left mandibular), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Callorhinchus alfordi Cicimurri and Ebersole p. 5 figs. 4.1-4.11

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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
speciesalfordi

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 alfordi 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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available