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Akmonistion zangerli

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Taxonomy
Akmonistion zangerli was named by Coates and Sequeira (2001). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bearsden locality, which is in a Carboniferous marine shale in the Manse Burn Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Akmonistion.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Akmonistion zangerli Coates and Sequeira

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
superorderCladodontomorphi
orderSymmoriiformes()
familySymmoriidaeDean 1909
genusAkmonistion
specieszangerli

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.

Akmonistion zangerli Coates and Sequeira 2001
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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 07:21:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:21:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carboniferous or 358.90000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Akmonistion zangerli (type locality: 134654)