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Omanoselache bucheri

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Taxonomy
Polyacrodus bucheri was named by Cuny et al. (2001). Its type locality is Favret Canyon, Augusta Mountains, Bed HB 0, which is in a Bithynian offshore grainstone in the Favret Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Prolatodon bucheri by Pla et al. (2013); it was recombined as Omanoselache bucheri by Koot and Cuny (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Polyacrodus bucheri Cuny et al.
2013Prolatodon bucheri Pla et al. p. 777 figs. 3A-F, 4G-H
2014Omanoselache bucheri Koot and Cuny p. 897

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
genusOmanoselache
speciesbucheri()

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.

Omanoselache bucheri Cuny et al. 2001
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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 Bithynian to the top of the Longobardian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Polyacrodus bucheri (type locality: 93564)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Cuenca) Prolatodon bucheri (117940 147011 147012 147014)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain Prolatodon bucheri (146921 146922 147009 147010 147018 147019 147020 147021 147022 147023 147025)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Teruel) Prolatodon bucheri (147015)