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Anomotodon sheppeyensis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae

Taxonomy
Oxyrhina sheppeyensis was named by Cassier (1966). Its type specimen is BMNH P 30804, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Anomotodon sheppeyensis by Popov and Lopyrev (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Oxyrhina sheppeyensis Cassier p. 82 figs. Plate 5, Figs. 19-25
2024Anomotodon sheppeyensis Popov and Lopyrev p. 786 figs. 3.A1-A2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyMitsukurinidaeJordan 1898
genusAnomotodon
speciessheppeyensis()

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.

Anomotodon sheppeyensis Cassier 1966
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation (Saratov) Anomotodon sheppeyensis (235736)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Anomotodon sheppeyensis (3260 76601) Oxyrhina sheppeyensis (8050 type locality: 13299 22804)