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Protocentrophorus

Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Protocentrophorus Adnet et al. p. 716
2019Protocentrophorus Cappetta et al. p. 1150

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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)
familySqualidaeBonaparte 1834
genusProtocentrophorus

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. †Protocentrophorus Adnet et al. 2008
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Protocentrophorus balticus Dalinkevičius 1935
Protocentrophorus steviae Cappetta et al. 2019
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 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Centrophorus balticus (213719)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) P. steviae (221571 221572)