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Paratriakis curtirostris

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Taxonomy
Thyellina curtirostris was named by Davis (1887). Its type specimen is BMNH P.4022, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Tristram collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Scyllium curtirostre by Woodward (1889); it was recombined as Palaeotriakis curtirostris by Guinot et al. (2013); it was recombined as Paratriakis curtirostris by Herman (1977), Cappetta (1980), Adolfssen and Ward (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Thyellina curtirostris Davis p. 475 figs. Pl 15, fig 1
1889Scyllium curtirostre Woodward p. 341
1977Paratriakis curtirostris Herman p. 267 figs. Pl 12, fig 6
1980Paratriakis curtirostris Cappetta p. 139 figs. Pl 24
2013Palaeotriakis curtirostris Guinot et al. p. 660
2015Paratriakis curtirostris Adolfssen and Ward p. 334 fig. 9H,I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyTriakidaeGray 1851
subfamilyTriakinaeGray 1851
genusParatriakis
speciescurtirostris()

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.

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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Danian or 85.70000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Paratriakis curtirostris (92241) Thyellina curtirostris (type locality: 221155)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Paratriakis curtirostris (241906 242119)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Paratriakis curtirostris (241429 241430)