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Pteroscyllium nolfi

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy

Pteroscyllium nolfi was named by Müller and Diedrich (1991). Its type specimen is Nr. 12 494 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ascheloh, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. dubertreti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1991	Pteroscyllium nolfi Müller and Diedrich p. 43 figs. Taf. 9 Fig. 1-4, Tat. 10 Fig. 1-5, Tat. 18 Fig. 1-5
2013	Pteroscyllium nolfi Guinot et al. p. 652 figs. 22G-N

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
infraclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Carcharhiniformes	Compagno 1973
family	Scyliorhinidae	Gill 1862
genus	Pteroscyllium	Cappetta 1980
species	nolfi

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.

†Pteroscyllium nolfi Müller and Diedrich 1991

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
A. Müller and C. Diedrich 1991	Eine Art der Gattung Pteroscyllium mit folgenden Merkmalen : Zähne mit schlank kegelförmigen Hauptspitzen und einem Paar hoher Nebenspitzen. Auf der Labialfläche der Krone starke, vertikale Schmelzfalten , die bei den lateralen Zähnen bis fast zur Spitze reichen, bei den anterioren kaum bis zur halben Kronenhöhe. Wurzel in der Regel holaulacorhiz, bei manchen Lateralzähnen auch hemiaulacorhiz.

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: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Westphalia)	Pteroscyllium nolfi (type locality: 210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	United Kingdom (England)	Pteroscyllium nolfi (213567)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	United Kingdom (England)	Pteroscyllium nolfi (213569 213570)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Germany	Pteroscyllium nolfi (228230)