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Elasmodus tsheganicus

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Elasmodus tsheganicus was named by Averianov (2001). Its type specimen is ZIN PC 1/51, a tooth (incomplete right palatine plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kolenkaly Mountains, between Emba River and Ustyurt, which is in a Priabonian/Rupelian coastal horizon in the Chegan Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Elasmodus tsheganicus Averianov p. 295 figs. 2k-p

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
familyCallorhynchidae(Garman 1901)
genusElasmodusEgerton
speciestsheganicus

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.

Elasmodus tsheganicus Averianov 2001
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Elasmodus tsheganicus (type locality: 214309)