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Heterodontus granti

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Heterodontus granti was named by Case and Cappetta (1997). Its type specimen is AMNH 12141, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Heterodontus granti Case and Cappetta p. 135 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; pl 2, fig 1
2007Heterodontus granti Cicimurri p. 62 fig. 3.1
2017Heterodontus granti Case et al. p. 65 fig. 2D,E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusHeterodontusde Blainville 1816
speciesgranti

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.

Heterodontus granti Case and Cappetta 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Heterodontus granti (79363)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Heterodontus granti (type locality: 61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Heterodontus granti (241417)