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Tristychiidae

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Tristychiidae

Taxonomy
Tristychiidae was named by Moy-Thomas (1936). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hybodontoidea by Ginter et al. (2010); and to Hybodontiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Tristychiidae Moy-Thomas
2010Tristychiidae Ginter et al. p. 97
2016Tristychiidae Nelson et al. p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyTristychiidaeMoy-Thomas 1936
familyTristychiidaeMoy-Thomas 1936

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Tristychiidae Moy-Thomas 1936
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G. †Tristychius Agassiz 1837
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Tristychius arcuatus Agassiz 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Brigantian or 340.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Tristychius sp. (230479)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Tristychius arcuatus (131671)