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Palaeorhincodon

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)34589https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34589
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orectolobiformes : Rhincodontidae : Palaeorhincodon
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
infraclassEuselachii
-NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyRhincodontidaeMüller and Henle 1839
genusPalaeorhincodonHerman 1975
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palaeorhincodongenusbelongs to Rhincodontidaestated with evidenceThies, 1989
Palaeorhincodongenusbelongs to Orectolobiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Palaeorhincodongenusbelongs to Rhinocodontidaestated without evidenceCase et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance176 - 172 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Rhincodontidae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rhincodontidae)
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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1975Palaeorhincodon Herman
1989Palaeorhincodon Thies p. 108
2002Palaeorhincodon Sepkoski, Jr.
2015Palaeorhincodon Case et al. p. 1125

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Thies D. (1989) Some problematical sharks teeth (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Early and Middle Jurassic of Germany, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 63, 103-117
Case G. R., Cook T. D., et al (2015) A new elasmobranch assemblage from the early Eocene (Ypresian) Fishburne Formation of Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52, 1121-1136 doi:10.1139/cjes-2015-0061
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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