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]

Pseudodalatias
Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Upper Triassic
Fossil of Pseudodalatias barnstonensis
Scientific classification
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Pseudodalatiidae

Reif, 1978
Genus:
Pseudodalatias

Reif, 1978
Species
  • Pseudodalatias barnstonensis (Sykes, 1971)
  • Pseudodalatias henarejensis Botella et al., 2009

References edit

  1. ^ Héctor Botella; Pablo Plasencia; Ana Marquez-Aliaga; Gilles Cuny; Markus Dorka (2009). "Pseudodalatias henarejensis nov. sp. a new pseudodalatiid (Elasmobranchii) from the Middle Triassic of Spain". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (4): 1006–1012. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29.1006B. doi:10.1671/039.029.0425. S2CID 84953931.
  2. ^ Diependaal, Henk J.; Reumer, Jelle W.F. (2021). "Note on the Rhaetian fish fauna from a subrosion pipe in Winterswijk (the Netherlands), with a discussion on the validity of the genus Severnichthys Storrs, 1994". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 100. doi:10.1017/njg.2021.5. ISSN 0016-7746.

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