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Scyliorhinus biddlei

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus biddlei was named by Halter (1995). Its type specimen is IRSNB P 6335, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry C.B.R. Romontbos, between flintstone layers 20 and 21, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Scyliorhinus biddlei Halter p. 77 figs. Pls 1-5; text-figs 8-10
2015Scyliorhinus biddlei Adolfssen and Ward p. 332 figs. 8G-I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusScyliorhinusBlainville 1816
speciesbiddlei

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.

Scyliorhinus biddlei Halter 1995
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Scyliorhinus biddlei (214360 214361 214362)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Scyliorhinus biddlei (type locality: 214358 214359)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Scyliorhinus biddlei (241430 241431)