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Pararhincodon torquis

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae

Taxonomy
Pararhincodon torquis was named by Dearden et al. (2025). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV P 73821 a, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Newhaven, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Pararhincodon torquis Dearden et al. p. 6 figs. 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderParascyllioidei
familyParascylliidae(Gill 1862)
genusPararhincodonHerman 1975
speciestorquis

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.

Pararhincodon torquis Dearden 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: 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, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Pararhincodon torquis (type locality: 240544)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) Pararhincodon torquis (240543)