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Abdounia minutissima

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Taxonomy
Otodus minutissimus was named by Winkler (1874).

It was recombined as Abdounia minutissima by Ebersole et al. (2019) and Popov et al. (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. recticona

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Otodus minutissimus Winkler
2019Abdounia minutissima Ebersole et al. p. 86
2024Abdounia minutissima Popov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyCarcharhinidaeJordan and Evermann 1896
subfamilyCarcharhininaeJordan and Evermann 1896
tribeTriaenodontiniBonaparte 1838
genusAbdounia
speciesminutissima(Winkler 1874)

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.

†Abdounia minutissima Winkler 1874
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 55.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Abdounia minutissima (81179 209524)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Abdounia minutissima (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Abdounia minutissima (3257 3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Abdounia minutissima (234687)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Abdounia minutissima (13346 209522)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Abdounia minutissima (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Abdounia minutissima (211009)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Abdounia minutissima (140018)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Abdounia minutissima (81266 81278 209520)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Abdounia minutissima (96952)