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Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Rhincodon miocaenicus was named by Antunes and Jonet (1969).

It was recombined as Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus by Cappetta and Ward (1977) and Purdy et al. (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. trelewensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Rhincodon miocaenicus Antunes and Jonet
1977Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus Cappetta and Ward p. 198
2001Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus Purdy et al. p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusMegascyliorhinus
speciesmiocaenicus(Antunes and Jonet 1969)

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.

†Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus Antunes and Jonet 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the MN 13 or 15.97000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (48887)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (161620)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Gironde) Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (161524 161527)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (204218)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (65954)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (65955)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tunisia Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (204219)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus (204946)