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Heterodontus sulcatus

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Cestracion sulcatus was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH 25858, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Heterodontus sulcatus by Batchelor and Ward (1990), Batchelor and Duffin (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cestracion sulcatus Woodward p. 333 figs. pl. XIII, figs. 11-12
1990Heterodontus sulcatus Batchelor and Ward p. 194 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5
2023Heterodontus sulcatus Batchelor and Duffin p. 604 figs. 3H, 4A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusHeterodontusde Blainville 1816
speciessulcatus()

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 sulcatus Woodward 1889
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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 07:18:00
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Heterodontus sulcatus (52568 241434 241457)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Heterodontus sulcatus (241435 241459)