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Squalus nicholsae
Taxonomy
Squalus nicholsae was named by Cappetta et al. (2019). Its type specimen is RBCM P1227, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SHU-COL, Collishaw site, Hornby Island, which is in a Campanian submarine fan shale in the Northumberland Formation of Canada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Squalus nicholsae Cappetta et al. p. 1147 fig. 17 |
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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.
†Squalus nicholsae Cappetta et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Squalus nicholsae (type locality: 221571 221572) |