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Scyliorhinus alaformis

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus alaformis was named by Feichtinger et al. (2024). Its type specimen is NHMW/2023/0141/0004, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waidach, near Nussdorf, horizon 8, which is in a Danian carbonate marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Scyliorhinus alaformis Feichtinger et al. p. 20 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusScyliorhinusBlainville 1816
speciesalaformis

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.

Scyliorhinus alaformis Feichtinger et al. 2024
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria Scyliorhinus alaformis (type locality: 233260 233261)