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Protocentrophorus balticus

Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

Taxonomy
Centrophorus balticus was named by Dalinkevičius (1935) [lectotype designated by Adnet et al. 2008]. Its type specimen is COLL-VU 7, a tooth (anterolateral tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skirsnemunė (beds with Rhynchonella octoplicata), which is in a Cenomanian offshore marl in the Labguva Formation of Lithuania.

It was recombined as Protocentrophorus balticus by Adnet et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Centrophorus balticus Dalinkevičius p. 248 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-9; text-figs 4-7
2008Protocentrophorus balticus Adnet et al. p. 716

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
—Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
—SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
—Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familySqualidaeBonaparte 1834
genusProtocentrophorus
speciesbalticus()

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.

†Protocentrophorus balticus Dalinkevičius 1935
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