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Orestiacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Taxonomy
Orestiacanthus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Symmoriida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Symmoriidae by Ginter et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Orestiacanthus Sepkoski
2010Orestiacanthus Ginter et al. p. 64

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

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available