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Paraetmopterus ✝
| Description | Paraetmopterus is an extinct genus of sharks in the family Etmopteridae. It was described by Adnet in 2006, and the type species is P. nolfi, which existed during the middle Eocene of France. A new species, P. horvathi, which existed in what is now Slovakia during the Miocene epoch, was described by Charlie J. Underwood and Jan Schlögl in 2013; however, this species was subsequently transferred to the separate genus Palaeocentroscymnus. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraetmopterus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Squaliformes : Etmopteridae : Paraetmopterus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Squaliformes : Etmopteridae : Paraetmopterus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Paraetmopterus Adnet, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Article title: Two new selachian associations (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) from the Middle Eocene of Landes (south-west of France). Implication for the knowledge of deep-water selachian communities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Squaliformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Squaliformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. J. Underwood and J. Schlogl. 2013. Deep-Water Chondrichthyans from the Early Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Central Paratethys, Slovakia). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(3):487-509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraetmopterus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Paraetmopterus horvathi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Paraetmopterus nolfi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2006 | Paraetmopterus Adnet |
| 2013 | Paraetmopterus Underwood and Schlogl p. 499 |
References
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!
