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Crassescyliorhinus germanicus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus germanicus was named by Herman (1982). It is the type species of Crassescyliorhinus.

It was recombined as Crassescyliorhinus germanicus by Underwood and Ward (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Scyliorhinus germanicus Herman
2008Crassescyliorhinus germanicus Underwood and Ward p. 512 figs. Pl 2, figs 10-18

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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
genusCrassescyliorhinus
speciesgermanicus(Herman 1982)

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Crassescyliorhinus germanicus (213377 213381)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Crassescyliorhinus germanicus (213376 213380)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden Scyliorhinus germanicus (102883 102885)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Götaland) Scyliorhinus germanicus (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Crassescyliorhinus germanicus (213378 213382)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Crassescyliorhinus germanicus (101702)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) Scyliorhinus germanicus (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skane) Scyliorhinus germanicus (106411)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Scyliorhinus germanicus (61352)