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Chiloscyllium greeni

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Taxonomy
Brachaelurus greeni was named by Cappetta (1973). Its type specimen is SDK21, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SE of Hot Springs, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone in the Carlile Shale Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Mesiteia greeni by Herman (1977); it was recombined as Chiloscyllium greeni by Müller and Diedrich (1991), Underwood and Mitchell (1999) and Cappetta and Case (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Brachaelurus greeni Cappetta p. 507 figs. Pl 1, figs 36-41; text-fig 2
1977Mesiteia greeni Herman p. 146
1991Chiloscyllium greeni Müller and Diedrich p. 23
1999Chiloscyllium greeni Cappetta and Case p. 28 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-7
1999Chiloscyllium greeni Underwood and Mitchell figs. Pl 4, fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyHemiscylliidaeGill 1862
genusChiloscylliumMüller and Henle 1837
speciesgreeni()

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.

Chiloscyllium greeni Cappetta 1973
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Diagnosis
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