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Egertonodus basanus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus basanus was named by Egerton (1845). Its type specimen is Museum of Practical Geology, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Orthybodus basanus by Jaekel (1898); it was recombined as Egertonodus basanus by Maisey (1987) and Underwood and Rees (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Hybodus basanus Egerton
1889Hybodus basanus Woodward p. 273
1898Orthybodus basanus Jaekel p. 139
1916Hybodus basanus Woodward p. 5
1919Hybodus basanus Woodward p. 139
1987Egertonodus basanus Maisey p. 27
2002Egertonodus basanus Underwood and Rees p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyHybodontidae()
genusEgertonodus
speciesbasanus(Egerton 1845)

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.

†Egertonodus basanus Egerton 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 161.20000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Basse-Normandie) Hybodus basanus (74916)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Morocco (Figuig) Egertonodus basanus (204918 204924 204936 204990)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Morocco (Oriental) Egertonodus basanus (45726)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (90711 90713)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (90714 90715 90716 90717 90718 90719 90721 90722 90723 90724 90725 90726 90727 90728 90729)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Egertonodus basanus (90712)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Sweden (Scania) Egertonodus basanus (144784 144786)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Spain (Cantabria) Egertonodus basanus (136002)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Hybodus basanus (102993)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Hybodus basanus (96621)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) Hybodus basanus (119697)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Maryland) Egertonodus basanus (14376)