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Eoetmopterus

Chondrichthyes - Etmopteridae

Taxonomy
Eoetmopterus was named by Muller and Schollmann (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Squalidae by Siverson (1993) and Underwood and Mitchell (1999); to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Etmopteridae by Cappetta et al. (2019) and Feichtinger et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Eoetmopterus Muller and Schollmann
1993Eoetmopterus Siverson p. 14
1999Eoetmopterus Underwood and Mitchell
2002Eoetmopterus Sepkoski
2019Eoetmopterus Cappetta et al. p. 1145
2022Eoetmopterus Feichtinger et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familyEtmopteridaeFowler 1941
genusEoetmopterusMuller and Schollmann 1989

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.

G. †Eoetmopterus Muller and Schollmann 1989
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Eoetmopterus davidi Feichtinger et al. 2022
Eoetmopterus supracretaceus Müller and Schöllmann 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available