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Stegostoma tethysiensis

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Stegostomatidae

Taxonomy
Stegostoma tethysiensis was named by Adnet et al. (2020). Its type specimen is KEB 1-147, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Djebel el Kébar, which is in a Bartonian lagoonal mudstone/sandstone in Tunisia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. varium

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Stegostoma tethysiensis Adnet et al. p. 22 figs. Figure 8D-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
familyStegostomatidaeGill 1862
genusStegostomaMueller and Henle 1838
speciestethysiensis

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.

†Stegostoma tethysiensis Adnet et al. 2020
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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 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Stegostoma tethysiensis (type locality: 173640)