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Pteroscyllium hermani
Taxonomy
Pteroscyllium hermani was named by Underwood and Ward (2008). Its type specimen is BMNH P.66395, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Winterbourne, lower horizon, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Newhaven Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Pteroscyllium hermani Underwood and Ward p. 522 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-12 |
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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 hermani Underwood and Ward 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | Pteroscyllium hermani (type locality: 213377 213381) | |
| Middle Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | Pteroscyllium hermani (213376 213380) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | United Kingdom (England) | Pteroscyllium hermani (213378 213382) |