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Leptocharias cretaceus
Taxonomy
Leptocharias cretaceus was named by Underwood and Ward (2008). Its type specimen is BMNH P.66418, 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.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward p. 528 figs. Pl 7, 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.
†Leptocharias cretaceus 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 85.70000 to 72.20000 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) | Leptocharias cretaceus (type locality: 213377 213381) | |
| Middle Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptocharias cretaceus (213376 213380) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptocharias cretaceus (213378 213382) |