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Diprosopovenator hilperti

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Pseudoscyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Diprosopovenator hilperti was named by Stumpf et al. (2019). Its type specimen is RE A 4872/1 and RE A 4872/2, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is HPCF II quarry (geslinianum zone), which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in the Hesseltal Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Diprosopovenator.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Diprosopovenator hilperti Stumpf et al. p. 4 figs. Figs. 2–5

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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
familyPseudoscyliorhinidae
genusDiprosopovenator
specieshilperti

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.

Diprosopovenator hilperti Stumpf et al. 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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Lower Saxony) Diprosopovenator hilperti (type locality: 210062)