Thrinacoselache gracia

Thrinacoselache gracia

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: incertae sedis
Familia: Thrinacodontidae
Genus: Thrinacoselache

Species: T. gracia

Name

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Thrinacoselache gracia Grogan & Lund 2008

Type locality

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Upper Mississippian (Namurian E2b, Serpukhovian); Bear Gulch Limestone lens, Bear Gulch Member, Heath Formation, SW of Becket, Fergus County Montana, USA.

Type material

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  • Holotype: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA CM62724

References

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  • Grogan, Eileen D. & Lund, Richard 2008; "A Basal Elasmobranch, Thrinacoselache gracia n. gen & sp., (Thrinacodontidae, New Family) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Serpukhovian of Montana, USA" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):970–988