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Plicatolamna

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae

Taxonomy
Plicatolamna was named by Herman (1977).

It was assigned to Cretoxyrhinidae by Cappetta and Case (1975), Itoigawa (1977), Case (1978), Case (1979).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. macrohiza

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Plicatolamna Cappetta and Case p. 22
1977Plicatolamna Herman p. 196
1977Plicatolamna Itoigawa p. 133
1978Plicatolamna Case p. 191
1979Plicatolamna Case p. 84

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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
familyCretoxyrhinidae
genusPlicatolamna

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.

G. †Plicatolamna Herman 1977
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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: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (235313)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Japan (Iwate) P. macrohiza (210763)