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Protosqualus pachyrhiza

Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

Taxonomy
Protosqualus pachyrhiza was named by Underwood and Mitchell (1999). Its type specimen is LIVCM 1998.20.S, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample 6a, South Ferriby, which is in an Albian offshore marl in the Hunstanton Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Protosqualus pachyrhiza Underwood and Mitchell figs. Pl 2, figs 9-11; pl 3, figs 1,2

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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
speciespachyrhiza

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.

Protosqualus pachyrhiza Underwood and Mitchell 1999
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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 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Protosqualus pachyrhiza (213369 type locality: 213372 213373)