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Pseudospinax muftius

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Taxonomy
Protospinax muftius was named by Thies (1983). Its type specimen is SMF 7112, a set of teeth, 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 Pseudospinax muftius by Underwood and Mitchell (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Protospinax muftius Thies p. 23 figs. pl. 5, figs 1-3
1999Pseudospinax muftius Underwood and Mitchell

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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
genusPseudospinax
speciesmuftius()

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.

Pseudospinax muftius Thies 1983
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Diagnosis
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