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Egertonodus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)151799https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=151799
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Egertonodus
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
-Hybodontida
orderHybodontiformes
superfamilyHybodontoideaZangerl 1981
familyHybodontidae
genusEgertonodusMaisey 1987
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Egertonodusgenusbelongs to Hybodontidaestated with evidenceMaisey, 1987
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance161 - 156 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Chondrichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. G. Maisey. 1987. Cranial anatomy of the Lower Jurassic shark Hybodus reticulatus (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii), with comments on hybodontid systematics. American Museum Novitates 2878:1-19

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Egertonodus basanus
species
listed (PBDB)31161 Ma
Jurassic
122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Egertonodus duffini
species
listed (PBDB)
Egertonodus fraasi
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1987Egertonodus Maisey p. 27
2002Egertonodus Underwood and Rees p. 84

References

Maisey J. G. (1987) Cranial anatomy of the Lower Jurassic shark Hybodus reticulatus (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii), with comments on hybodontid systematics, American Museum Novitates 2878, 1-19
Underwood C. J., Rees J. (2002) Selachian faunas from the lowermost Purbeck Group of Dorset, southern England, Special Papers in Palaeontology 68, 83-101
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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