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Carcharopsis prototypus

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Carcharopsis prototypus was named by Agassiz (1843). Its type specimen is NHM P.5445, a tooth (isolated crown), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pateley Bridge, which is in a Brigantian marine limestone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Carcharopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Carcharopsis prototypus Agassiz p. 313
1902Carcharopsis prototypus Hay p. 271
2008Carcharopsis prototypus Duffin and Cuny p. 182

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
genusCarcharopsis
speciesprototypusAgassiz 1843

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.

†Carcharopsis prototypus Agassiz 1843
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Diagnosis
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