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Dalatias

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)34542https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34542
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Plagiostomi : Squalidae : Dalatias
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderPlagiostomi
familySqualidaeBonaparte 1834
subfamilyDalatiinaeGray 1851
genusDalatiasRafinesque 1810
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dalatiasgenusbelongs to Dalatiidaestated without evidenceJordan, 1907
Dalatiasgenusbelongs to Squalidaestated without evidenceJordan, 1963
Dalatiasgenusbelongs to Dalatiidaestated without evidenceSykes, 1971
Dalatiasgenusbelongs to Dalatiinaestated without evidenceKeyes, 1984
Dalatiasgenusbelongs to Squalidaestated without evidenceLong, 1992
Dalatiasgenusbelongs to Dalatiinaestated without evidenceYabe and Hirayama, 1998
Dalatiasgenusbelongs to Squaliformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 55.8 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Chondrichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dalatias licha
species
listed (PBDB)2043.0 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1810Dalatias Rafinesque
1907Dalatias Jordan p. 118
1963Dalatias Jordan p. 601
1971Dalatias Sykes p. 13
1984Dalatias Keyes p. 209
1992Dalatias Long p. 19
1998Dalatias Yabe and Hirayama p. 38
2002Dalatias Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Jordan D. S. (1907) The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5 7, 95-144
Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816
Sykes J. H. (1971) A new Dalatiid fish from the Rhaetic bone bed, Mercian Geologist 4 1, 13-22
Keyes I. M. (1984) New records of fossil elasmobranch genera Megascyliorhinus, Centrophorus, and Dalatias (Order Selachii) in New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 27 2, 203-216 doi:10.1080/00288306.1984.10422527
Long D. J. (1992) Sharks from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene), Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 1, 11-32
Yabe H., Hirayama R. (1998) Selachian fauna from the Upper Miocene Senhata Formation, Boso Peninsula, Central Japan, Natural History Research 5, 33-61
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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