Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Synonym: Styptobasis Cope 1891
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Parent taxon: Ctenacanthidae according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Agassiz 1843, Duffin and Ginter 2006, Eastman 1903, Goto and Okura 2004, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Leidy 1873 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Acondylacanthus, Anodontacanthus ruthenorum, Bythiacanthus, Cladodoides, Cratoselache, Ctenacanthus, Glikmanius, Glymmatacanthus, Tamiobatis
Subtaxa: Cladodus acuminatus Cladodus alternatus Cladodus angulatus Cladodus bellifer Cladodus claypolei Cladodus concinnus Cladodus conicus Cladodus coniger Cladodus costatus Cladodus curvus Cladodus deflexus Cladodus elegans Cladodus euglypheus Cladodus exiguus Cladodus exilis Cladodus fulleri Cladodus gomphoides Cladodus gracilis Cladodus hertzeri Cladodus ischypus Cladodus keokuk Cladodus lamnoides Cladodus marginatus Cladodus micropus Cladodus milleri Cladodus mirabilis Cladodus monroei Cladodus newmani Cladodus pandatus Cladodus parvulus Cladodus parvus Cladodus pattersoni Cladodus politus Cladodus raricostatus Cladodus rivipetrosi Cladodus robustus Cladodus romingeri Cladodus subulatus Cladodus terrelli Cladodus tumidus Cladodus turritus Cladodus vanhornei Cladodus zygopus Styptobasis aculeata
Type: Cladodus mirabilis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (3 collections)
• Permian of Bolivia (1), Greenland (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (4: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (11: Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1)
Total: 28 collections including 32 occurrences
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