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Echinorhinus maremagnum

Chondrichthyes - Echinorhiniformes - Echinorhinidae

Taxonomy
Echinorhinus maremagnum was named by Bogan et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MPM-PV 10046, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Calafate airport, which is in a Maastrichtian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/conglomerate in the Calafate Formation of Argentina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Echinorhinus lapaoi by Cappetta et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Echinorhinus maremagnum Bogan et al. p. 91 figs. 2, 3
2022Echinorhinus maremagnum Bogan and Agnolín p. 8 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderEchinorhiniformes
familyEchinorhinidae
genusEchinorhinus
speciesmaremagnum

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.

Echinorhinus maremagnum Bogan et al. 2017
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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 07:01:36
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:01:36
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile (Santiago) Echinorhinus sp. (132352)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Echinorhinus sp. (type locality: 181059)