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Chimaerotheca reperere

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes

Taxonomy
Chimaerotheca reperere was named by Gottfried and Fordyce (2015). Its type specimen is OU 22689 and is a trace fossil. Its type locality is JDC 343, Dipton Stream (E44/f8631), which is in an Otapirian marine siliciclastic in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Chimaerotheca reperere Gottfried and Fordyce
2024Chimaerotheca reperere Robinson et al. p. 573

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderChimaeroidei
superfamilyChimaeroidea
genusChimaerotheca
speciesreperereGottfried and Fordyce 2015

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.

†Chimaerotheca reperere Gottfried and Fordyce 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Otapirian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otapirian205.7 - 201.4New Zealand Chimaerotheca reperere (type locality: 153890)