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Crassodontidanus wiedenrothi

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Crassodontidanidae

Taxonomy
Hexanchus wiedenrothi was named by Thies (1983). Its type specimen is SMF 7100, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gretenberg, Sehnde, which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone in Germany.

It was recombined as Paranotidanus wiedenrothi by Ward and Thies (1987); it was recombined as Crassodontidanus wiedenrothi by Trikolidi (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hexanchus wiedenrothi Thies p. 19 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1a-b
1987Paranotidanus wiedenrothi Ward and Thies
2014Crassodontidanus wiedenrothi Trikolidi p. 83 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
suborderHexanchoidei()
familyCrassodontidanidaeKriwet and Klug 2016
genusCrassodontidanusKriwet and Klug 2011
specieswiedenrothi()

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 07:04:38
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:04:38
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 192.90000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany Hexanchus wiedenrothi (type locality: 137184)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Ukraine Crassodontidanus wiedenrothi (276946)