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Paracestracion

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Paracestracion Koken in Zittel
2002Paracestracion Underwood
2004Paracestracion Underwood and Ward p. 460
2008Paracestracion Kriwet p. 236
2009Paracestracion Kriwet et al. p. 320
2014Paracestracion Guinot et al. p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusParacestracionKoken in Zittel 1911

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. †Paracestracion Koken in Zittel 1911
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Paracestracion bellis Underwood and Ward 2004
Paracestracion falcifer Wagner 1857
Paracestracion pectinatus Guinot et al. 2014
Paracestracion viohli Kriwet 2008
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 Thouarsense to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 180.10000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg P. sp. (141384)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6Luxembourg P. sp. (141386 141389)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Germany Heterodontus sarstedtensis (137168)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Grand Est) P. sp. (179498)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (91449)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) P. viohli (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) P. falcifer (140224)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Gard) P. pectinatus (213631)