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Hessinodon wardi

Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae

Taxonomy
Hessinodon wardi was named by Cappetta et al. (2019). Its type specimen is RBCM P1249, 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. It is the type species of Hessinodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Hessinodon wardi Cappetta et al. p. 1160 fig. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
—Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
—SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
—Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familyDalatiidaeGray 1851
genusHessinodon
specieswardi

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.

†Hessinodon wardi Cappetta et al. 2019
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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 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Hessinodon wardi (type locality: 221571 221572)