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Cantioscyllium meyeri

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy
Cantioscyllium meyeri was named by Case and Cappetta (1997). Its type specimen is AMNH 13712, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-08-28; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-11-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Cantioscyllium meyeri Case and Cappetta p. 136 figs. Pl 6, figs 5-7
1999Cantioscyllium meyeri Cappetta and Case p. 29 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-5
2007Cantioscyllium meyeri Cicimurri p. 62 figs. 3.2-3.5
2017Cantioscyllium meyeri Case et al. p. 65 fig. 2F
2017Cantioscyllium meyeri Schubert et al. p. 10 figs. 3-7-3.20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyGinglymostomatidaeGill 1862
genusCantioscyllium
speciesmeyeri

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.

Cantioscyllium meyeri Case and Cappetta 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Cantioscyllium meyeri (213303)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Cantioscyllium meyeri (79363)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Cantioscyllium meyeri (240801)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Cantioscyllium meyeri (241417)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Cantioscyllium meyeri (type locality: 61738)