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Heterodontus boussioni

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Heterodontus boussioni was named by Guinot et al. (2013). Its type specimen is University of Montpellier HAL2-8, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hallencourt, upper horizon (HAL2), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-09-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Heterodontus boussioni Guinot et al. p. 601 figs. 6C-O

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusHeterodontusde Blainville 1816
speciesboussioni

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.

Heterodontus boussioni Guinot et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Somme) Heterodontus boussioni (type locality: 213566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Heterodontus boussioni (213561)