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Eypea leesi

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Proscylliidae

Taxonomy
Eypea leesi was named by Underwood and Ward (2004). Its type specimen is BMNH P.66058, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Watton Cliff, Dorset [Forest Marble Fm], which is in a Bathonian marine limestone in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Eypea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Eypea leesi Underwood and Ward pp. 456-458 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyProscylliidaeFowler 1941
genusEypea
speciesleesi

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.

Eypea leesi Underwood and Ward 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available