Kaibabvenator Temporal range: Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Comparison of K. swiftae, Diablodontus, and Glikmanius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
Family: | †Heslerodidae |
Genus: | †Kaibabvenator Hodnett, Elliot, Olson & Wittke, 2012 |
Species: | †K. swiftae |
Binomial name | |
†Kaibabvenator swiftae Hodnett et al. 2012 |
Kaibabvenator swiftae is a very large, extinct ctenacanthiform fish that lived in marine environments in what is now Arizona, during the Middle Permian Period. K. swiftae is known from large teeth up to 30 millimeters long found in the Kachina Microsite, of the lower Fossil Mountain Member, in the Kaibab Formation near Flagstaff, Arizona, suggesting a total body length of around 5–6 metres (16–20 ft). The specific name honors researcher Sandra Swift for her paleontological contributions to Northern Arizona University.
References
- ^ Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Elliott, David K.; Olson, Tom J.; Wittke, James H. (2012). "Ctenacanthiform sharks from the Permian Kaibab Formation, northern Arizona". Historical Biology. 24 (4): 381. Bibcode:2012HBio...24..381H. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.683193. S2CID 85332499.
- "†Kaibabvenator Hodnett et al. 2012 (elasmobranch)". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Toomey, Rickard; Egli, H. Chase; Ward, Gabe; Wood, John R.; Olson, Rickard; Tolleson, Kelli; Tweet, Justin S.; Santucci, Vincent L. (February 2024). "New ctenacanth sharks (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Ctenacanthiformes) from the Middle to Late Mississippian of Kentucky and Alabama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43 (3). doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2292599. ISSN 0272-4634.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Kaibabvenator |
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