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Pseudodalatias ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Pseudodalatiidae : Pseudodalatias | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 235 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. E. Reif. 1978. Tooth enameloid as a taxonomic criterion 2. Is "Dalatias" barnstonensis Sykes, 1971 (Triassic, England) a squalomorphic shark?. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1978(1):42-58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pseudodalatias barnstonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Pseudodalatias henarejensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1978 | Pseudodalatias Reif p. 55 |
| 2002 | Pseudodalatias Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2013 | Pseudodalatias Pla et al. p. 780 |
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!
