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Ornatoscyllium pattersoni

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Taxonomy
Orectoloboides pattersoni was named by Thies (1983). Its type specimen is SMF 7145, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rookery Pit, London Brick Company, Stewartby, which is in a Callovian marine siltstone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Ornatoscyllium pattersoni by Underwood and Ward (2004) and Guinot et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Orectoloboides pattersoni Thies
2004Ornatoscyllium pattersoni Underwood and Ward p. 472
2014Ornatoscyllium pattersoni Guinot et al. p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
genusOrnatoscyllium
speciespattersoni()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available