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Bythaelurus steurbauti

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Bythaelurus steurbauti was named by Hovestadt and Hovestadt-Euler (1995). Its type specimen is IRSNB P.2642, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Terhagen, level 35, which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in the Boom Clay Formation of Belgium.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-01-28; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-01-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Bythaelurus steurbauti Hovestadt and Hovestadt-Euler p. 268 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,2

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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
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
subfamilyPentanchinae(Smith 1912)
genusBythaelurusCompagno 1988
speciessteurbauti

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.

Bythaelurus steurbauti Hovestadt and Hovestadt-Euler 1995
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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, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Scyliorhinus coupatezi (277433 type locality: 277478 277488)