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Canadodus suntoki

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Taxonomy
Canadodus suntoki was named by Popov et al. (2020). Its type specimen is RBCM.EH2014.065.0001.001, a mandible (left man- dibular plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kirby Creek, east, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Canadodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Canadodus suntoki Popov et al. p. 5 figs. Figs. 2, 3A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
familyChimaeridae
genusCanadodus
speciessuntoki

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.

Canadodus suntoki Popov et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. V. Popov et al. 2020A chimaerid fish, known by a relatively large man- dibular plate only. Canadodus is distinguished from all other fossil and Recent chimaerids by a unique combination of characters: (1) a whole and large symphyseal tritor of laminated whitlockin with just a tendency toward segmentation occlusally; (2) a small inner tritor of laminated whitlockin; (3) the presence of numerous tiny additional tritors near inner and symphyseal ones; (4) a large median tritor compound in cross-section; (5) a relatively high symphyseal surface; and (6) the absence of solid whitlokin in tri- toral structure.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Canada (British Columbia) Canadodus suntoki (type locality: 63087)