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Plicatoscyllium derameei

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Taxonomy
Plicatoscyllium derameei was named by Case and Cappetta (1997). Its type specimen is AMNH 12169a, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Plicatoscyllium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Plicatoscyllium derameei Case and Cappetta p. 137 figs. Pl 5, figs 5-7
2006Plicatoscyllium derameei Becker et al. p. 703 figs. 3.11-3.15
2017Plicatoscyllium derameei Case et al. p. 67 fig. 2I
2019Plicatoscyllium derameei Hoganson et al. p. 20 figs. 7.30-7.33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
familyGinglymostomatidaeGill 1862
genusPlicatoscyllium
speciesderameei

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.

Plicatoscyllium derameei Case and Cappetta 1997
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Plicatoscyllium derameei (242204)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Plicatoscyllium derameei (213584 213587 213589 213601)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Plicatoscyllium derameei (241417)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Plicatoscyllium derameei (type locality: 61738)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Plicatoscyllium derameei (83331)