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Paralopias follioti

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae

Taxonomy
Paralopias follioti was named by Canevet (2025). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.PTF795, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moulin de Débat (inferior), which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone in France. It is the type species of Paralopias.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Paralopias follioti Canevet p. 109 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyAlopiidaeBonaparte 1838
genusParalopias
speciesfollioti

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.

†Paralopias follioti Canevet 2025
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France (Gironde) Alopias sp. 2 (161524 161527)