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Leptocharias cretaceus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae

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
YearName and author
2008Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward p. 528 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-12

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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
familyLeptochariidae
genusLeptochariasMüller and Henle 1837
speciescretaceus

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
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 Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Leptocharias cretaceus (type locality: 213377 213381)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Leptocharias cretaceus (213376 213380)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Leptocharias cretaceus (213378 213382)