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Cypripediodens cristatus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Taxonomy
Cypripediodens cristatus was named by Duffin and Ward (2017). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV P73964, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Once-a-week Quarry, which is in a Brigantian sand shoal grainstone/packstone in the Eyan Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Cypripediodens.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Cypripediodens cristatus Duffin and Ward p. 3 figs. 3.1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyJanassidaeJaekel 1899
subfamilyCholodinae
genusCypripediodens
speciescristatus

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.

†Cypripediodens cristatus Duffin and Ward 2017
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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 07:09:25
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:09:25
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Cypripediodens cristatus (type locality: 238497)