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Scoliorhiza kellyi

Chondrichthyes - Cestraciontidae

Taxonomy
Scoliorhiza kellyi was named by Raymond (1925). Its type specimen is GSC, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Rocky River, which is in an Ivorian carbonate limestone in the Livingstone Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Scoliorhiza.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Scoliorhiza kellyi Raymond p. 555 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
familyCestraciontidaeBonaparte 1838
genusScoliorhiza
specieskellyi

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Scoliorhiza kellyi Raymond 1925
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Diagnosis
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