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Protoscyliorhinus bettrechiensis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Protoscyliorhinus bettrechiensis was named by Herman (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Railway station quarry, Bettrechies (Marnes à Terebratulina rigida), which is in a Turonian carbonate marl in France. It is the type species of Protoscyliorhinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Protoscyliorhinus bettrechiensis Herman p. 259 figs. Pl 11, fig 6
2013Protoscyliorhinus bettrechiensis Guinot et al. p. 650 fig. 22E,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusProtoscyliorhinus
speciesbettrechiensis

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.

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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, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Protoscyliorhinus bettrechiensis (213567)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Scyllium antiquum (213713)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Protoscyliorhinus bettrechiensis (241896)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Protoscyliorhinus bettrechiensis (type locality: 241894)