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Alopias latidens ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)125020https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125020
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Odontaspidida : Alopiidae : Alopias : Alopias latidens
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
infraclassOsteodonti
superorderLamnae
orderOdontaspidida
superfamilyOdontaspidoidea
familyAlopiidaeBonaparte 1838
genusAlopiasRafinesque 1810
speciesAlopias latidensLeriche 1909
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Alopias latidensspeciesbelongs to Alopiasstated with evidenceLeriche, 1909
Alopias latidensspeciesbelongs to Alopiasstated without evidenceWhite, 1956
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Odontaspidida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Odontaspidida)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Alopias latidens alabamensis ✝
subspecies
listed (PBDB)
Alopias latidens carolinensis ✝
subspecies
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1909Alopias latidens Leriche
1956Alopias latidens White p. 132

References

Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244
White E. I. (1956) The Eocene fishes of Alabama, Bulletins of American Paleontology 35 156, 122-152
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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