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Eoetmopterus supracretaceus

Chondrichthyes - Etmopteridae

Taxonomy
Eoetmopterus supracretaceus was named by Müller and Schöllmann (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Eoetmopterus supracretaceus Müller and Schöllmann
1993Eoetmopterus supracretaceus Siverson p. 15 figs. Pl 4, figs 9,10
1993Eoetmopterus supracretaceus Thies and Müller p. 96 figs. 5-7
2019Eoetmopterus supracretaceus Cappetta et al. p. 1145 fig. 15

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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)
familyEtmopteridaeFowler 1941
genusEoetmopterusMuller and Schollmann 1989
speciessupracretaceusMüller and Schöllmann 1989

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.

Eoetmopterus supracretaceus Müller and Schöllmann 1989
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Eoetmopterus supracretaceus (228233)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Eoetmopterus supracretaceus (101702)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Eoetmopterus supracretaceus (31992)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Eoetmopterus supracretaceus (221571 221572)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Sweden Eoetmopterus supracretaceus (214328)