Pseudodalatias Temporal range:
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Fossil of Pseudodalatias barnstonensis | |
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Family: | † Pseudodalatiidae Reif, 1978
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Genus: | † Pseudodalatias Reif, 1978
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Pseudodalatias is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish which existed in England, Italy and Spain during the Triassic period. It is placed in the monotypic family Pseudodalatiidae, and contains the two species Pseudodalatias barnstonensis and Pseudodalatias henarejensis. It is disputed as to whether it represents a neoselachian, [1] or a hybodont. [2]
A.TINTORI (1980) Teeth of the selachian genus Pseudodalatias Sykes, 1971 from the Norian (Upper Triassic) of Lombardy. Riv.It.Paleont.Strat., v.86(1), 19–30, Milano
Pseudodalatias Temporal range:
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Fossil of Pseudodalatias barnstonensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Infraclass: | |
Family: | † Pseudodalatiidae Reif, 1978
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Genus: | † Pseudodalatias Reif, 1978
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Species | |
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Pseudodalatias is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish which existed in England, Italy and Spain during the Triassic period. It is placed in the monotypic family Pseudodalatiidae, and contains the two species Pseudodalatias barnstonensis and Pseudodalatias henarejensis. It is disputed as to whether it represents a neoselachian, [1] or a hybodont. [2]
A.TINTORI (1980) Teeth of the selachian genus Pseudodalatias Sykes, 1971 from the Norian (Upper Triassic) of Lombardy. Riv.It.Paleont.Strat., v.86(1), 19–30, Milano