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Myriacanthoidei

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Myriacanthoidei Patterson
1981Myriacanthoidei Duffin p. 470
1981Myriacanthoidei Duffin and Furrer p. 810
1984Myriacanthoidei Duffin p. 57
1991Myriacanthoidei Duffin p. 296
1994Myriacanthoidei Duffin p. 6
2006Myriacanthoidei Nelson p. 45
2016Myriacanthoidei Nelson et al. p. 51
2017Myriacanthoidei Duffin and Milàn p. 164

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderMyriacanthoideiPatterson 1965
suborderMyriacanthoideiPatterson 1965

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.

Subor. †Myriacanthoidei Patterson 1965
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G. †Chimaeropsis Zittel 1887
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Chimaeropsis foussi Casier 1959
Chimaeropsis paradoxa Zittel 1843
Fm. †Myriacanthidae Woodward 1889
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G. †Acanthorhina Fraas 1910
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Acanthorhina jaekeli Fraas 1910
G. †Agkistracanthus Duffin and Furrer 1981
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Agkistracanthus mitgelensis Duffin and Furrer 1981
G. †Alethodontus Duffin 1983
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Alethodontus bavariensis Duffin 1983
G. †Halonodon Duffin 1984
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Halonodon luxembourgensis Duffin and Delsate 1993
Halonodon warneri Duffin 1984
G. †Metopacanthus Zittel 1887
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G. †Myriacanthus Agassiz 1836
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Myriacanthus granulatus Agassiz 1837
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Invalid names: Ischyodus orthorhinus Egerton 1871 [synonym]
Myriacanthus paradoxus Agassiz 1836
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Invalid names: Prognathodus guntheri Egerton 1872 [synonym]
Myriacanthus retrorsus Agassiz 1837
Invalid names: Prognathodus Egerton 1872 [synonym]
G. †Oblidens Duffin and Milàn 2017
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Oblidens bornholmensis Duffin and Milàn 2017
G. †Recurvacanthus Duffin 1981
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Invalid names: Acanthorhinidae Patterson 1965 [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 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Tenuicostatum or 208.50000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Agkistracanthus sp. (138956)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Somerset) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (141540)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Switzerland Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (138950 138951 138952) Agkistracanthus sp. (138953 138954 138955)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (120898) Myriacanthus paradoxus (122365)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Switzerland (Savognin) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (138949)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Austria Agkistracanthus sp. (138957 138958)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Switzerland Agkistracanthus sp. (138959)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Luxembourg Halonodon luxembourgensis (138437)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Myriacanthus paradoxus (53947)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5Germany Alethodontus bavariensis (139835)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Myriacanthus paradoxus (139856) Myriacanthus paradoxus, Myriacanthus granulatus, Ischyodus orthorhinus (122154) Myriacanthus paradoxus, Myriacanthus granulatus, Prognathodus guntheri (122155) Myriacanthus paradoxus, Myriacanthus granulatus, Recurvacanthus uniserialis (122153)
Bucklandi196.5 - 189.6Italy Myriacanthidae indet. (90673)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Belgium Myriacanthidae indet. (179493)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Myriacanthus paradoxus (122371)
Semicostatum196.5 - 189.6Belgium Chimaeropsis foussi (139846) Halonodon warneri (138561) Myriacanthidae indet. (139847 139848 139849 179491 179494)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Denmark Myriacanthidae indet., Oblidens bornholmensis (190857)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Acanthorhina jaekeli, Myriacanthus bollensis (122460)