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Heterodontus cainozoicus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)394292https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=394292
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Heterodontiformes : Heterodontidae : Heterodontus : Heterodontus cainozoicus
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
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusHeterodontusde Blainville 1816
speciesHeterodontus cainozoicusPledge 1985
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Heterodontus cainozoicusspeciesbelongs to Heterodontusstated with evidencePledge, 1985
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Selachii)
Dietcarnivore (based on Selachii)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N. S. Pledge, A. R. Milnes, and R. P. Bourman, N. F. Alley. 2015. Fossil shark teeth from upland Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia: evidence for previously unknown Tertiary marine sediments. Mesa Journal 76(1):67-73

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1985Heterodontus cainozoicus Pledge

References

Pledge N. S., Milnes A. R., et al (2015) Fossil shark teeth from upland Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia: evidence for previously unknown Tertiary marine sediments, Mesa Journal 76 1, 67-73
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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