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Chiloscyllium missouriensis

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Taxonomy
Chiloscyllium missouriensis was named by Case (1979). Its type specimen is MTA 39, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suction Creek, which is in a Campanian estuary/bay sandstone in the Judith River Formation of Montana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Chiloscyllium missouriensis Case p. 224 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a-e; text-fig 1
2014Chiloscyllium missouriensis Eaton et al. p. 526 fig. 2C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
familyHemiscylliidaeGill 1862
genusChiloscylliumMüller and Henle 1837
speciesmissouriensis

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.

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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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Chiloscyllium missouriensis (type locality: 69150)