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Holmesella

Chondrichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Holmesella Gunnell p. 288
1933Holmesella Harlton p. 14
1981Holmesella Zangerl p. 62
2002Holmesella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
superfamilyProtacrodontoidea
genusHolmesella

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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†Holmesella crassa Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella elongata Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella equilaterata Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella ornata Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella parallelata Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella parallella Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella quadrata Gunnel 1931
†Holmesella rhomboidelis Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella speni Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella triangularis Harlton 1933
†Holmesella wapanuckensis Harlton 1933
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 Brigantian to the top of the Asselian or 336.00000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) H. sp. (6327 6329 6339 6342 6347 6372 6375 6394 6395 6415 6417 6428 6431 6433 6442)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) H. triangularis, H. wapanuckensis (132868)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (South Dakota) H. quadrata (132341)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) H. equilaterata, H. parallelata (132618) H. equilaterata, H. parallella, H. elongata (132625) H. ornata (132623) H. rhomboidelis (132632) H. speni (132614)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) H. crassa (132617)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) H. quadrata (132372)