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Cretascyliorhinus destombesi

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus destombesi was named by Cappetta (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St-Pô Farm, between Petit Blanc-Nez and Strouanne, which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in France.

It was recombined as Cretascyliorhinus destombesi by Underwood and Mitchell (1999) and Guinot et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Scyliorhinus destombesi Cappetta p. 968 figs. Pl 1, figs 3-6
1993Scyliorhinus destombesi Biddle p. 212 figs. Pl 6, figs 6,7
1999Cretascyliorhinus destombesi Underwood and Mitchell
2013Cretascyliorhinus destombesi Guinot et al. p. 650 figs. 22A-D

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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
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusCretascyliorhinus
speciesdestombesi()

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.

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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Coniacian or 112.03000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France (Marne) Scyliorhinus destombesi (235560)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Cretascyliorhinus destombesi (213320 213321 213323)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3United Kingdom (England) Cretascyliorhinus destombesi (213325 213326)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France (Marne) Scyliorhinus destombesi (169108)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Scyliorhinus destombesi (214872)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Cretascyliorhinus destombesi (213327 213329 213330 213334 213335 213338 213339 213340 213345 213348 213369 213373)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Scyliorhinus destombesi (210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Cretascyliorhinus destombesi (213357 213361 213567)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Cretascyliorhinus destombesi (213569)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Cretascyliorhinus destombesi (213383)