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Protosqualus

Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Protosqualus Cappetta p. 969
1991Protosqualus Müller and Diedrich p. 17
1993Protosqualus Biddle p. 198
1999Protosqualus Underwood and Mitchell
2002Protosqualus Sepkoski
2004Protosqualus Underwood p. 115
2008Protosqualus Adnet et al. p. 713
2011Protosqualus Underwood et al. p. 540
2013Protosqualus Guinot et al. p. 598
2016Protosqualus Bogan et al.

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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
genusProtosqualus

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. †Protosqualus Cappetta 1977
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Protosqualus argentinensis Bogan et al. 2016
Protosqualus barringtonensis Guinot et al. 2013
Protosqualus glickmani Averianov 1997
Protosqualus pachyrhiza Underwood and Mitchell 1999
Protosqualus sigei Cappetta 1977
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 125.77000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (213572 213573)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) P. sigei (213321 213322 213323 213324)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France (Marne) P. sigei (235560)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Haute-Marne) P. sigei (235569)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Marne) P. sigei (169108 235563 235567)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3United Kingdom (England) P. sigei (213325 213326 213366 213367)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine P. glickmani (214242)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Lithuania Acanthias appendiculatus (213709 213710) P. glickmani (90730)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France P. sigei (214872)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) P. sigei (213327 213328 213329 213330 213331 213332 213333 213334 213335 213336 213337 213339 213340 213344 213346 213348 213351 213370 213371 213374) P. sigei, P. pachyrhiza (213369 213372 213373)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) P. siegei (210063)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Acanthias appendiculatus (213716)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) P. barringtonensis (213567) P. sigei (213355 213356 213358 213359 213363)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India (Tamil Nadu) P. sp. (110178)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Acanthias appendiculatus (213711 213713 213719 213720)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) P. barringtonensis (213569 213570) P. sigei (213365)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) P. sp. (213383)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan P. sp. (228161)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. argentinensis (181059)