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Proetmopterus
Taxonomy
Proetmopterus was named by Siverson (1993) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-u]. Its type is Etmopterus hemmooriensis.
It was assigned to Squalidae by Siverson (1993); to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Etmopteridae by Feichtinger et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Squalidae by Siverson (1993); to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Etmopteridae by Feichtinger et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Proetmopterus Siverson p. 12 |
| 2002 | Proetmopterus Sepkoski |
| 2022 | Proetmopterus Feichtinger et al. p. 8 |
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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. †Proetmopterus Siverson 1993
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†Proetmopterus hemmooriensis Herman 1982
†Proetmopterus lukasi Feichtinger et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Sweden | P. hemmooriensis (214323 214324 214325 214329 214330 214332 214333 214351 214352 214353) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Sweden | P. hemmooriensis (214328) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Austria | P. lukasi (228232 228909) |