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Omanoselache halli

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Taxonomy
Omanoselache halli was named by Koot and Cuny (2014). Its type specimen is GSC 135704, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jabal Safra, Block 3, collection 103C, which is in a Spathian slope limestone in Oman.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Omanoselache halli Koot and Cuny p. 897 figs. 5A-B', 6A-C
2023Omanoselache halli Li et al. p. 4 figs. 3A-C

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

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 halli Koot and Cuny 2014
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Griesbachian or 251.30000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Oman Omanoselache halli (173263)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Guangxi) Omanoselache halli (230316 230317 230318)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Oman Omanoselache halli (73215 73229 73253 type locality: 173257 173259)