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Squalicorax benguerirensis
Taxonomy
Squalicorax benguerirensis was named by Cappetta et al. (2014). Its type specimen is University of Montpellier BEG-C6.19, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Level 6, tranchée d'essai, Benguérir, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in Morocco.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Squalicorax benguerirensis Cappetta et al. p. 3 figs. 3A-J |
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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.
†Squalicorax benguerirensis Cappetta et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Morocco | Squalicorax nov. sp. 2 (116902 116903 type locality: 213669) |