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Heptranchias howellii

Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae

Taxonomy
Notidanion howellii was named by Reed (1946). Its type specimen is ANSP 15078, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Belmar, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Heptranchias howelli by Long (1992); it was recombined as Heptranchias howellii by Welton (1974) and Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Notidanion howellii Reed p. 1 figs. Figs. 1-4
1974Heptranchias howellii Welton p. 7
1992Heptranchias howelli Long p. 14
2016Heptranchias howellii Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSqualomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyHexanchidaeGray 1851
genusHeptranchiasRafinesque 1810
specieshowellii()

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.

Heptranchias howellii Reed 1946
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Diagnosis
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