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Cestracion prisca

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Sphyrna prisca was named by Agassiz (1843). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cestracion prisca by Arambourg (1927).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Sphyrna prisca Agassiz figs. Pl N, figs 9,10
1847Sphyrna prisca Gibbes p. 194
1889Sphyrna prisca Woodward p. 453
1902Sphyrna prisca Hay p. 314
1904Sphyrna prisca Chapman and Pritchard p. 275
1904Sphyrna prisca Eastman p. 91 figs. Plate XXX II Fig. 15
1924Sphyrna prisca Chapman and Cudmore p. 122
1927Cestracion prisca Arambourg p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
—Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusCestracionde Blainville 1816
speciesprisca()

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.

†Cestracion prisca Agassiz 1843
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†Sphyrna prisca eastmani Eastman 1904
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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 07:18:00
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Pliocene or 59.20000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Sphyrna prisca (124191)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Sphyrna prisca (42459)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil Sphyrna prisca (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Sphyrna prisca (51330)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Sphyrna prisca (18518)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Cuba Sphyrna prisca (159595)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt Sphyrna prisca (53970)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Sphyrna prisca (55517)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Sphyrna prisca (46165 204306)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Sphyrna prisca (55396 57782)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Madagascar Sphyrna prisca (51586)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Sphyrna prisca (96761)