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Squalicorax coquandi

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Taxonomy
Squalicorax coquandi was named by Vullo et al. (2007). Its type specimen is UM PDB 1, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port-des-Barques, unit T1, which is in a Turonian offshore shelf wackestone in the Marnes verts a Exogyres Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. bassani, S. lindstroemi, S. pristodontis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Squalicorax coquandi Vullo et al. p. 105 fig. 2E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyAnacoracidaeCasier 1947
genusSqualicoraxWhitley 1939
speciescoquandi

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.

†Squalicorax coquandi Vullo et al. 2007
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Squalicorax coquandi (type locality: 59820)