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Onchopristis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Onchopristis Stromer p. 12
1940Onchopristis Arambourg
1963Onychopristis Jordan p. 602
1963Onchopristis Tabaste p. 460
1971Onchopristis Thurmond p. 223
1977Onchopristis Chiplonkar and Ghare p. 130
1977Onchopristis Keyes p. 264
1987Onchopristis Cappetta p. 152
1989Onchopristis Werner p. 44
1999Onchopristis Cappetta and Case p. 35
1999Onchopristis Kriwet p. 127
2004Onchopristis Cuny et al. pp. 133-134 figs. Pl. II, figs7-10
2004Onchopristis Suárez and Cappetta
2008Onchopristis Shimada and Martin p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderSclerorhynchoidei
familySclerorhynchidae
genusOnchopristis

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. †Onchopristis Stromer 1917
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Onchopristis dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1962
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Invalid names: Sechmetia cruciformis Werner 1989 [synonym]
Onchopristis dunklei dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1971
Onchopristis numidus Haug 1905
Onchopristis pharao Dames 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Paleocene or 130.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Albian145.0 - 99.6Algeria (Illizi) O. numidus (25137)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian145.0 - 93.5Algeria (Illizi) O. numidus (25222)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0India O. indicus (91548)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Teruel) O. sp., O. dunklei (91420)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0USA (Texas) O. sp. (99154)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) O. dunklei (116297)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) O. dunklei (99142 99152)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) O. dunklei (99146)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Niger (Agadez) O. numidus (25221)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) O. numidus (59578 219384)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) O. numidus (224513)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya (Awbari) O. sp. (45725)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) O. numidus (59341)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) O. sp. (56365)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) O. numidus (59777 87164 99880 155212) O. sp. (60002 115155 132489)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) O. dunklei (73862 77229 77232 77233)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Matruh) O. numidus (25127)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) O. dunklei (213298)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt O. numidus (214401 214403 214404 214406 214407 214408 214409 214508)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) O. dunklei (213414 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Minnesota) O. dunklei (61819)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Nebraska) O. dunklei (213308)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) O. dunklei (37089)
Campanian - Paleocene83.6 - 56.0Mali O. numidus (202360)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) O. sp. (128412)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) O. dunklei (14489)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) O. dunklei (68003 212186) O. sp. (68001 68004 68005)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) O. dunklei (27887)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Mali O. numidus (202362)