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Onchopristis dunklei

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Onchopristis dunklei was named by McNulty and Slaughter (1962).

Subspecies
O. dunklei, O. praecursor
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. indicus

Synonyms
  • Sechmetia cruciformis was named by Werner (1989). Its type specimen is University of Montpellier ACA 10, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alcaine, which is in a Barremian carbonate limestone in Spain.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Onchopristis dunklei by Kriwet (1999).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Onchopristis dunklei McNulty and Slaughter
1971Onchopristis dunklei Thurmond p. 223
1977Onchopristis dunklei Keyes p. 264
1987Onchopristis dunklei Cappetta p. 154
1989Sechmetia cruciformis Werner p. 77 figs. Pl 38, figs 1-4
1999Onchopristis dunklei Cappetta and Case p. 35 figs. Pl 23, figs 9,10; pl 24, figs 1-8
1999Onchopristis dunklei Kriwet p. 127 figs. Pl 4, fig 5
2008Onchopristis dunklei Shimada and Martin p. 94 fig. 7D,E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderSclerorhynchoidei
familySclerorhynchidae
genusOnchopristis
speciesdunkleiMcNulty and Slaughter 1962

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.

†Onchopristis dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1962
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†Onchopristis dunklei dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1971
Invalid names: Sechmetia cruciformis Werner 1989 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Campanian or 130.00000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Teruel) Onchopristis dunklei (91420)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Onchopristis dunklei (99142 99152)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) Onchopristis dunklei (116297)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Onchopristis dunklei (99146)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Onchopristis dunklei (73862 77229 77232 77233)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Onchopristis dunklei (213298)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) Onchopristis dunklei (213414 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Minnesota) Onchopristis dunklei (61819)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Nebraska) Onchopristis dunklei (213308)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) Onchopristis dunklei (37089)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Onchopristis dunklei (14489)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Onchopristis dunklei (68003 212186)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) Onchopristis dunklei (27887)