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Ctenacanthus minor

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Ctenacanthus minor was named by Davis (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dudley Hill, near Bradford, which is in a Moscovian/Kasimovian marine shale in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Ctenacanthus minor Davis p. 532 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderCtenacanthiformes(Cappetta 1988)
familyCtenacanthidaeDean 1909
genusCtenacanthus
speciesminor

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.

Ctenacanthus minor Davis 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:57:49
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:57:49
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Kasimovian or 315.20000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian - Kasimovian315.2 - 303.7United Kingdom Ctenacanthus minor (type locality: 132867)