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Chiloscyllium frequens

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Taxonomy
Chiloscyllium frequens was named by Guinot et al. (2013). Its type specimen is NHMUK P.67021, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Culver, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Newhaven Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gaemersi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Chiloscyllium frequens Guinot et al. p. 610 figs. 9A-T

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
familyHemiscylliidaeGill 1862
genusChiloscylliumMüller and Henle 1837
speciesfrequens

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.

†Chiloscyllium frequens Guinot et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Aisne) Chiloscyllium frequens (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Chiloscyllium frequens (213377 213381)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Chiloscyllium frequens (213380)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Somme) Chiloscyllium frequens (213565 213566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Chiloscyllium frequens (213378 213379 213382 type locality: 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aisne) Chiloscyllium frequens (213559 213560)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Ardennes) Chiloscyllium frequens (157587)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Marne) Chiloscyllium frequens (157588)