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Chiloscyllium greeni
Taxonomy
Brachaelurus greeni was named by Cappetta (1973). Its type specimen is SDK21, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SE of Hot Springs, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone in the Carlile Shale Formation of South Dakota.
It was recombined as Mesiteia greeni by Herman (1977); it was recombined as Chiloscyllium greenei by Müller and Diedrich (1991); it was recombined as Chiloscyllium greeni by Wolberg (1985), Wolberg (1985), Manning and Dockery (1992), Williamson et al. (1993), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Cicimurri (2004), Hamm and Cicimurri (2011), Schubert et al. (2017), Salvino et al. (2025), Juranek and Shimada (2025).
It was recombined as Mesiteia greeni by Herman (1977); it was recombined as Chiloscyllium greenei by Müller and Diedrich (1991); it was recombined as Chiloscyllium greeni by Wolberg (1985), Wolberg (1985), Manning and Dockery (1992), Williamson et al. (1993), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Cicimurri (2004), Hamm and Cicimurri (2011), Schubert et al. (2017), Salvino et al. (2025), Juranek and Shimada (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Brachaelurus greeni Cappetta p. 507 figs. Pl 1, figs 36-41; text-fig 2 |
| 1977 | Mesiteia greeni Herman p. 146 figs. Pl 6, fig 2 |
| 1985 | Chiloscyllium greeni Wolberg p. 4 fig. 5A,B |
| 1991 | Chiloscyllium greenei Müller and Diedrich p. 23 figs. Pl 16, figs 1-3 |
| 1992 | Chiloscyllium greeni Manning and Dockery p. 10 figs. Pl 4, fig 2 |
| 1993 | Chiloscyllium greeni Williamson et al. p. 450 figs. 4.1-4.5 |
| 1999 | Chiloscyllium greeni Cappetta and Case p. 28 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-7 |
| 1999 | Chiloscyllium greeni Underwood and Mitchell figs. Pl 4, fig 9 |
| 2004 | Chiloscyllium greeni Cicimurri p. 9 fig. 5B |
| 2011 | Chiloscyllium greeni Hamm and Cicimurri p. 113 fig. 4C |
| 2017 | Chiloscyllium greeni Schubert et al. p. 10 figs. 3.21-3.33 |
| 2025 | Chiloscyllium greeni Juranek and Shimada p. 4 fig. 3D |
| 2025 | Chiloscyllium greeni Salvino et al. p. 120 fig. 3B |
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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.
†Chiloscyllium greeni Cappetta 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 119.57000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (28 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Chiloscyllium greeni (241459) | |
| Middle Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Chiloscyllium greeni (213325) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Chiloscyllium greeni (213331 213351) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Germany | Chiloscyllium greenei (210063) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France | Chiloscyllium greeni (242279) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | France | Mesiteia greeni (241896) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Arizona) | Chiloscyllium greeni (276873) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Chiloscyllium greeni (83071 277286) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Nebraska) | Chiloscyllium greeni (213308 239336) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (Texas) | Chiloscyllium greeni (213299) | |
| Middle Turonian | France | Mesiteia greeni (241894) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Wyoming) | Chiloscyllium greeni (241390) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Chiloscyllium greeni (35365) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (South Dakota) | Brachaelurus greeni (213291) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (New Mexico) | Chiloscyllium greeni (179267) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Nebraska) | Chiloscyllium greeni (213389) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | Belgium | Mesiteia greeni (241895) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | USA (Texas) | Chiloscyllium greeni (241388) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | Belgium (Namur) | Mesiteia greeni (51518) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Germany | Chiloscyllium greenei (177609) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Texas) | Chiloscyllium greeni (213303) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Chiloscyllium greeni (221052) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | Chiloscyllium greeni (277690) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Texas) | Chiloscyllium greeni (240801) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | Chiloscyllium greeni (83331) |