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Myriacanthidae
Taxonomy
Myriacanthidae was named by Woodward (1889).
It was assigned to Chimaeroidei by Woodward (1891) and Jordan (1963); and to Myriacanthoidei by Duffin and Furrer (1981), Duffin (1981), Duffin (1984), Duffin (1991), Duffin and Delsate (1993), Duffin (1994), Nelson (2006) and Duffin and Milàn (2017).
It was assigned to Chimaeroidei by Woodward (1891) and Jordan (1963); and to Myriacanthoidei by Duffin and Furrer (1981), Duffin (1981), Duffin (1984), Duffin (1991), Duffin and Delsate (1993), Duffin (1994), Nelson (2006) and Duffin and Milàn (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1889 | Myriacanthidae Woodward p. 279 |
1891 | Myriacanthidae Woodward p. 43 |
1963 | Myriacanthidae Jordan p. 606 |
1965 | Acanthorhinidae Patterson p. 146 |
1981 | Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 470 |
1981 | Myriacanthidae Duffin and Furrer p. 810 |
1984 | Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 57 |
1991 | Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 296 figs. 2-7, 10 |
1993 | Myriacanthidae Duffin and Delsate p. 673 |
1994 | Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 6 |
2006 | Myriacanthidae Nelson p. 45 |
2017 | Myriacanthidae Duffin and Milàn p. 164 |
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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.
Fm. †Myriacanthidae Woodward 1889
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G. †Halonodon Duffin 1984
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†Halonodon luxembourgensis Duffin and Delsate 1993
†Halonodon warneri Duffin 1984
G. †Myriacanthus Agassiz 1836
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†Myriacanthus retrorsus Agassiz 1837
Invalid names: Prognathodus Egerton 1872 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthorhinidae Patterson 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Tenuicostatum or 208.50000 to 182.00000 Ma
Collections (32 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Rhaetian | United Kingdom (Somerset) | Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (141540) | |
Rhaetian | Switzerland | Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (138950 138951 138952) Agkistracanthus sp. (138953 138954 138955) | |
Rhaetian | Switzerland (Savognin) | Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (138949) | |
Rhaetian | Austria | Agkistracanthus sp. (138956) | |
Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (120898) Myriacanthus paradoxus (122365) | |
Hettangian | Switzerland | Agkistracanthus sp. (138959) | |
Hettangian | Austria | Agkistracanthus sp. (138957 138958) | |
Angulata | Luxembourg | Halonodon luxembourgensis (138437) | |
Angulata | France (Lorraine) | Myriacanthus paradoxus (53947) | |
Planorbis | Germany | Alethodontus bavariensis (139835) | |
Sinemurian | United 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) | |
Bucklandi | Italy | Myriacanthidae indet. (90673) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | Belgium | Myriacanthidae indet. (179493) | |
Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Myriacanthus paradoxus (122371) | |
Semicostatum | Belgium | Halonodon warneri (138561) Myriacanthidae indet. (139847 139848 139849 179491 179494) | |
Early/Lower Pliensbachian | Denmark | Myriacanthidae indet., Oblidens bornholmensis (190857) | |
Tenuicostatum | Germany (Baden-Württenburg) | Acanthorhina jaekeli, Myriacanthus bollensis (122460) |