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Thiesus concavus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Thiesus concavus was named by Guinot et al. (2014). Its type specimen is University of Montpellier VAL 198, 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 Thiesus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Thiesus concavus Guinot et al. p. 77 figs. 9P-D'

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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
genusThiesus
speciesconcavus

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.

Thiesus concavus 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: 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, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Gard) Thiesus concavus (type locality: 213631)