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Centrodeania perchensis

Chondrichthyes - Centrophoridae

Taxonomy
Centrodeania perchensis was named by Feichtinger et al. (2025). Its type specimen is NHMW-Geo-2024/0095/0003, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oberwaldgraben, horizon A5, which is in a Maastrichtian marine marl in the Gerhartsreit Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Centrodeania perchensis Feichtinger et al. p. 76 figs. 4A-R

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
—Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
—SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
—Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familyCentrophoridaeBleeker 1859
genusCentrodeania
speciesperchensis

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.

†Centrodeania perchensis Feichtinger 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 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany Centrodeania perchensis (233262 240314 240317 type locality: 240320)