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Onychoselache

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Taxonomy
Onychoselache is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hybodontoidea by Zangerl (1981); to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hybodontiformes by Ginter et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Onychoselache Zangerl p. 58
2002Onychoselache Sepkoski
2010Onychoselache Ginter et al. p. 99

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

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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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: Arundian or 346.70000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Scotland) O. traquairi (90682)