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Pteroscyllium speetonensis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Pteroscyllium speetonensis was named by Underwood (2004). Its type specimen is NHMUK P.66265, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample UB1B, Speeton, which is in an Aptian offshore marl in the Speeton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Pteroscyllium speetonensis Underwood p. 109 figs. 3.1-3.11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusPteroscylliumCappetta 1980
speciesspeetonensis

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.

Pteroscyllium speetonensis Underwood 2004
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: or 122.46000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Pteroscyllium speetonensis (type locality: 213574 213575 213576 213577)