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Centrophorus primaevus

Chondrichthyes - Centrophoridae

Taxonomy
Spinax primaevus was named by Pictet (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Centrophorus primaevus by Woodward (1889).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Spinax primaevus Pictet p. 53 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-3
1866Spinax primaevus Pictet and Humbert p. 112
1887Spinax primaevus Davis p. 477 figs. Pl 16, fig 2
1889Centrophorus primaevus Woodward p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
—Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
—SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
—Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familyCentrophoridaeBleeker 1859
genusCentrophorusMüller and Henle 1837
speciesprimaevus()

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.

†Centrophorus primaevus Pictet 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available