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Delpitoscyllium

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Delpitoscyllium Noubhani and Cappetta p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
superfamilyHemiscyllioideaNaylor 2012
familyGinglymostomatidaeGill 1862
genusDelpitoscyllium

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.

G. †Delpitoscyllium Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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†Delpitoscyllium africanum Leriche 1927
†Delpitoscyllium planum Davis 1890
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, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark D. planum (241429)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco D. africanum (214370)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco D. africanum (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco D. africanum (214839 214848)