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Scyliorhinus muelleri

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus muelleri was named by Guinot et al. (2013). Its type specimen is University of Montpellier JUH1-42, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Justine-Herbigny (JUH), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Scyliorhinus muelleri Guinot et al. p. 656 figs. 23N-A'
2023Scyliorhinus muelleri Batchelor and Duffin p. 607 fig. 3S

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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
genusScyliorhinusBlainville 1816
speciesmuelleri

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.

Scyliorhinus muelleri 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: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 121.40000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Scyliorhinus muelleri (241457)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Ardennes) Scyliorhinus muelleri (type locality: 213564)