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Squalus gabrielsoni

Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

Taxonomy
Squalus gabrielsoni was named by Siverson (1993). Its type specimen is LO 5068 T, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample S91-5-1-MS, Kvarnby, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in Sweden.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. alsaticus, S. huntensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Squalus gabrielsoni Siverson p. 8 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
—Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
—SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
—Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familySqualidaeBonaparte 1834
genusSqualus
speciesgabrielsoni

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.

†Squalus gabrielsoni Siverson 1993
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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 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Sweden Squalus gabrielsoni (type locality: 214328)