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Engolismaia couillardi

Chondrichthyes - Redfieldiiformes - Brookvaliidae

Taxonomy
Engolismaia couillardi was named by Vullo et al. (2007). Its type specimen is UM TLM 1, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Traslemaine roadworks, Champniers (B2), which is in a Cenomanian paralic sandstone in France. It is the type species of Engolismaia.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-08-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Engolismaia couillardi Vullo et al. p. 114 figs. 7A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
HalecostomiRegan 1903
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
infraclassActinopteri()
orderRedfieldiiformes(Berg 1940)
familyBrookvaliidaeBerg 1940
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
subclassAmmonoidea()
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
genusEngolismaia
speciescouillardi

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.

Engolismaia couillardi Vullo et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Engolismaia couillardi (77229 type locality: 77230)