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Paraginglymostoma roklumensis

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae

Taxonomy
Brachaelurus roklumensis was named by Thies (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qa' Faydat ad Dahikiya, which is in a Priabonian marine phosphorite in the Wadi Esh-Shallala Formation of Jordan.

It was recombined as Paraginglymostoma roklumensis by Batchelor and Ward (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Brachaelurus roklumensis Thies p. 478 figs. 5-6
1990Paraginglymostoma roklumensis Batchelor and Ward p. 196 figs. Pl 3, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyBrachaeluridaeApplegate 1972
genusParaginglymostomaHerman 1982
speciesroklumensis()

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: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Germany Brachaelurus sp. (241409)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Paraginglymostoma roklumensis (241434)