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Cestracion cainozoicus

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Cestracion cainozoicus was named by Chapman and Pritchard (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beaumaris, which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Black Rock Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Cestracion cainozoicus Chapman and Pritchard p. 270 figs. Plate XI, Fig. 5-8
1924Cestracion cainozoicus Chapman and Cudmore p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
—Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusCestracionde Blainville 1816
speciescainozoicus

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.

†Cestracion cainozoicus Chapman and Pritchard 1904
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Diagnosis
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