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Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi was named by Duffin (1998). Its type specimen is CD23, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Microlestes Quarry, Frome, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill claystone/sandstone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi Duffin p. 160 figs. 2-8
2000Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi Cuny et al. p. 173 figs. 3K-M,5A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyCetorhinidaeGill 1862
genusPseudocetorhinus
speciespickfordi

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.

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Diagnosis
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