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Protospinaciformes (disused)

Chondrichthyes - Protospinaciformes

Taxonomy
Protospinaciformes is an order.

It was assigned to Neoselachii by Underwood (2006); and to Squatinida by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Protospinaciformes Underwood p. 234
2016Protospinaciformes Nelson et al. p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
Squatinida
orderProtospinaciformes
orderProtospinaciformes

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.

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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 07:18:00
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available