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Proprigalea

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Proprigalea was named by Johns (1997). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Proprigalea mediglabra.

It was assigned to Elasmobranchii by Johns (1997); and to Chondrichthyes by Ivanov and Klets (2007).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Proprigalea Johns p. 43
2007Proprigalea Ivanov and Klets

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
genusProprigalea

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.

G. †Proprigalea Johns 1997
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Proprigalea languidula Johns 1997
Proprigalea mediglabra Johns 1997
Proprigalea medirugosa Johns 1997
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 Aegean to the top of the Carnian or 247.20000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation P. sp. (149343)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Canada (British Columbia) P. languidula (150040 150044 150047) P. languidula, P. medirugosa (150048) P. mediglabra (150043 150046) P. mediglabra, P. languidula (150049) P. mediglabra, P. languidula, P. medirugosa (150041 150042 150045)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (British Columbia) P. languidula (150056) P. mediglabra (150146)