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Corysodon multicristatus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes

Taxonomy
Corysodon multicristatus was named by Batchelor and Duffin (2023). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV P 76391, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atherfield Point, bed 19, which is in an Aptian coastal siliciclastic in the Atherfield Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Corysodon multicristatus Batchelor and Duffin p. 279 figs. 4, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
genusCorysodonSaint-Seine 1949
speciesmulticristatus

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.

†Corysodon multicristatus Batchelor and Duffin 2023
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Corysodon multicristatus (type locality: 230408 230409)