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Pteroscyllium ornatum

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Pteroscyllium ornatum was named by Underwood and Mitchell (1999). Its type specimen is LIVCM 1998.20.BL, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample WC1, Speeton, which is in an Albian offshore marl in the Hunstanton Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Pteroscyllium ornatum Underwood and Mitchell figs. Pl 9, figs 1-9

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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
genusPteroscylliumCappetta 1980
speciesornatum

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 ornatum Underwood and Mitchell 1999
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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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Pteroscyllium ornatum (213330 213331 213334 213341 type locality: 213350 213371 213372)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Pteroscyllium ornatum (213355 213357)