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Wimanodon marmieri

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes

Taxonomy
Wimanodon marmieri was named by Saugen et al. (2025). Its type specimen is PMO 241.304, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marmierfjellet, Flowerdalen (Grippia niveau bonebed), which is in a Spathian offshore shale in the Vikinghøgda Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is the type species of Wimanodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Wimanodon marmieri Saugen et al. p. 5 figs. 3B,C, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderSynechodontiformes
genusWimanodon
speciesmarmieri

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.

†Wimanodon marmieri Saugen et al. 2025
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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 07:23:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:23:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen Wimanodon marmieri (type locality: 196857)