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Squatina (Cretascyllium)

Chondrichthyes - Squatiniformes - Squatinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Cretascyllium Müller and Diedrich p. 24 figs. Taf. 5 Fig. 1-3; Taf. 6 Fig. 1-2, Taf. 17 Fig. 2-3
1999Cretascyllium Underwood et al. p. 293
2012Squatina (Cretascyllium) Guinot et al. p. 531
2023Squatina (Cretascyllium) Batchelor and Duffin p. 606

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderSquatiniformesBuen 1926
familySquatinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusSquatinaDumeril 1806
subgenusCretascyllium()

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.

Subg. †Squatina (Cretascyllium) Müller and Diedrich 1991
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Invalid names: Cretascyllium expansum Müller and Diedrich 1991 [synonym], Squatina decipiens Dalinkevičius 1935 [synonym]
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 07:20:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:20:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 137.05000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland Squatina cranei (213518 213519)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Squatina hassei (241457)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2France Squatina cranei, Squatina decipiens (214869)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France (Marne) Squatina cranei (235560)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213324) Squatina sp. (213320)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Haute-Marne) Squatina cranei (235569)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Marne) Squatina cranei (235563 235567) Squatina cranei, Squatina decipiens (169108)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213325 213326 213367)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine Squatina cranei (214239 214240 214241 214242)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213327 213331 213332 213334 213335 213336 213339 213340 213341 213342 213345 213346 213351 213369 213372 213373 213374) Squatina cranei, Cretascyllium sp. (213337) Squatina cranei, Squatina sp. (213328 213329 213330 213348 213368) Squatina sp. (213338 213350 213371)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Kazakhstan Squatina decipiens (175010)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Squatina cranei, Cretascyllium expansum (210063)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213716)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213359 213363 213567)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213713 213720)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213569) Squatina cranei, Squatina sp. (213365)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Squatina hassei (61769)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Aisne) Squatina hassei (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Squatina hassei (213377 213381)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Squatina hassei (213376)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Georgia) Squatina hassei (35289)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aisne) Squatina hassei (213559 213560)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Squatina hassei (241700)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Squatina hassei (213378 213379 213382)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Ardennes) Squatina hassei (157587)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Squatina hassei (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Squatina hassei (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Squatina hassei (79363)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel Squatina hassei (35443)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Squatina hassei (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Marne) Squatina hassei (157588 213562)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Squatina hassei (61352 61353)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Squatina hassei (45561 45564)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Squatina hassei (126600 126810)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squatina hassei (57916 221052)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Delaware) Squatina hassei (126598)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squatina hassei (213744 213745 213746 213747)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Squatina hassei (125950)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Squatina hassei (241706)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Squatina hassei (213580 213582 213584 213585 213587 213589 213590)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squatina hassei (61807)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Squatina hassei (99138)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Squatina hassei (83331)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Squatina hassei (90926)