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Akmonistion zangerli

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Taxonomy
Akmonistion zangerli was named by Coates and Sequeira (2001). Its type specimen is UCMZ 8246, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shrimp bed, Bearsden locality, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Manse Burn Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Akmonistion.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Akmonistion zangerli Coates and Sequeira

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
superorderCladoselachimorpha
orderSymmoriiformes()
familySymmoriidaeDean 1909
genusAkmonistion
specieszangerli

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.

Akmonistion zangerli Coates and Sequeira 2001
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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 07:21:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:21:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pendleian or 330.30000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Akmonistion zangerli (type locality: 134654)