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Amylodon karamysh

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Rhinochimaeridae

Taxonomy
Amylodon karamysh was named by Averianov and Popov (1995). Its type specimen is SSU N 154/109, a tooth (left mandibular dental plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shirokii Karamysh 2 (bed 2), which is in a Campanian shoreface sandstone in the Rybushka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Amylodon karamysh Averianov and Popov p. 661 fig. 2
2022Amylodon karamysh Ebersole et al. p. 375 fig. 3E,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderChimaeroidei
familyRhinochimaeridae
genusAmylodonStorms 1894
specieskaramysh

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.

Amylodon karamysh Averianov and Popov 1995
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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 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation (Saratov) Amylodon karamysh (type locality: 86332 157353 224997)