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Ageleodus pectinatus

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Ctenoptychius pectinatus was named by Agassiz (1838). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aust Cliff bone bed (Ord coll, Bristol), which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Callopristodus pectinatus by Traquair (1888) and Woodward (1889); it was recombined as Ageleodus pectinatus by Downs and Daeschler (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Ctenoptychius pectinatus Agassiz p. 100 figs. Pl 19, figs 2-4
1838Ctenoptychius denticulatus Agassiz p. 101 figs. Pl 19, figs 5-7
1843Ctenoptychius denticulatus Agassiz figs. Pl M, figs 4,5
1867Ageleodus diadema Owen p. 234
1881Ctenoptychius pectinatus Davis p. 424
1888Callopristodus pectinatus Traquair p. 85
1889Callopristodus pectinatus Woodward p. 55
2001Ageleodus pectinatus Downs and Daeschler p. 811

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
genusAgeleodusOwen 1867
speciespectinatus()

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.

†Ageleodus pectinatus Agassiz 1838
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Invalid names: Ageleodus diadema Owen 1867 [synonym], Ctenoptychius denticulatus Agassiz 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:36:22
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:36:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Rhaetian or 364.70000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Pennsylvania) Ageleodus pectinatus (35044)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom Callopristodus pectinatus (137312)
Kasimovian - Moscovian307.0 - 307.0United Kingdom Callopristodus pectinatus (137315)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Ctenoptychius pectinatus (type locality: 122362)