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Dorsetoscyllium belbekensis

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Taxonomy
Dorsetoscyllium belbekensis was named by Trikolidi (2024). Its type specimen is TsNIGR 1/13415, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kabanii Gully, which is in a Berriasian marine sandstone in the Bechku Formation of Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Dorsetoscyllium belbekensis Trikolidi p. S428 figs. Pl 11, figs 1,2,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
genusDorsetoscyllium
speciesbelbekensis

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.

†Dorsetoscyllium belbekensis Trikolidi 2024
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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 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 141.00000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1Ukraine Dorsetoscyllium belbekensis (type locality: 239677)