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Acondylacanthus nuperus

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Acondylacanthus nuperus was named by St John and Worthen (1883).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Acondylacanthus nuperus St John and Worthen p. 242 figs. Pl 26, figs 3a-3c
1902Acondylacanthus nuperus Hay p. 330
2003Acondylacanthus nuperus Itano et al. p. 530 figs. 10.1-10.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderCtenacanthiformes(Cappetta 1988)
familyCtenacanthidaeDean 1909
genusAcondylacanthusJohn and Worthen 1875
speciesnuperusSt John and Worthen 1883

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.

Acondylacanthus nuperus St John and Worthen 1883
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Colorado) Acondylacanthus nuperus (132302)