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Diplodus tenuis

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae

Taxonomy
Diplodus tenuis was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH P.3026, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carluke, Lanarkshire (BMNH), which is in a Pennsylvanian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Diplodus tenuis Woodward p. 11 figs. pl. IV, figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderXenacanthidaGlikmann 1964
familyOrthacanthidae
genusDiplodus
speciestenuis

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.

Diplodus tenuis Woodward 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Pennsylvanian or 315.20000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9United Kingdom Diplodus tenuis (type locality: 137307)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom Diplodus tenuis (137304 137308 137310)
Kasimovian - Moscovian307.0 - 307.0United Kingdom Diplodus tenuis (137315)