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Garrigascyllium aganticensis

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Taxonomy
Garrigascyllium aganticensis was named by Guinot et al. (2014). Its type specimen is University of Montpellier VAL 167, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mas d’Antrigoule farm, La Cadière-et-Cambo, which is in a Valanginian offshore shelf marl in France. It is the type species of Garrigascyllium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Garrigascyllium aganticensis Guinot et al. p. 72 figs. 7H'-M', 8A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
genusGarrigascyllium
speciesaganticensis

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.

†Garrigascyllium aganticensis Guinot et al. 2014
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France (Gard) Garrigascyllium aganticensis (type locality: 213631)