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Isogomphodon aikenensis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Isogomphodon aikenensis was named by Cicimurri and Knight (2019). Its type specimen is SC2013.38.110, a tooth (upper anterior tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Aiken Site, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Dry Branch Formation of South Carolina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Isogomphodon aikenensis Cicimurri and Knight p. 11 figs. 4e-p

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusIsogomphodonGill 1862
speciesaikenensis

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.

Isogomphodon aikenensis Cicimurri and Knight 2019
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Isogomphodon aikenensis (type locality: 202014)