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Eypea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4824384https://www.gbif.org/species/4824384
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)154894https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=154894
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Proscylliidae : Eypea
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Proscylliidae : Eypea
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderCarchariniformes
familyProscylliidaeFowler 1941
genusEypeaUnderwood & Ward 2004
Scientific NameEypea Underwood & Ward, 2004
Name Published InPalaeontology (Oxf) 47 (3), May
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eypeagenusbelongs to Proscylliidaestated with evidenceUnderwood and Ward, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Carchariniformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Carchariniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2004. Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Palaeontology 47(3):447-501

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eypea infraphylum
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Eypea leesi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Eypea Underwood and Ward p. 456

References

Underwood C. J., Ward D. J. (2004) Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic), Palaeontology 47 3, 447-501
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Palaeontology (Oxf) 47 (3), May - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Underwood, C.J.; Ward, D.J. (2004). Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Palaeontology (Oxford), 47 (3), 447-501 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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