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Asteracanthus
Taxonomy
Asteracanthus was named by Agassiz (1836) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 2,884].
It was assigned to Ichthyodorulites by Leidy (1873); to Cestraciontidae by Woodward (1889), Chapman and Pritchard (1904) and Woodward (1916); to Heterodontidae by Jordan and Hanibal (1923) and Jordan (1963); to Hybodontidae by Tabaste (1963), Rieppel (1981) and Maisey (1987); to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002); to Acrodontidae by Werner (1989), Delsate (2003) and Guinot et al. (2014); and to Acrodontinae by Rees and Underwood (2008) and Romano et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Ichthyodorulites by Leidy (1873); to Cestraciontidae by Woodward (1889), Chapman and Pritchard (1904) and Woodward (1916); to Heterodontidae by Jordan and Hanibal (1923) and Jordan (1963); to Hybodontidae by Tabaste (1963), Rieppel (1981) and Maisey (1987); to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002); to Acrodontidae by Werner (1989), Delsate (2003) and Guinot et al. (2014); and to Acrodontinae by Rees and Underwood (2008) and Romano et al. (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1836 | Asteracanthus Agassiz p. 31 |
| 1867 | Curtodus Sauvage |
| 1873 | Asteracanthus Leidy p. 353 |
| 1889 | Asteracanthus Woodward p. 307 |
| 1904 | Asteracanthus Chapman and Pritchard p. 271 |
| 1916 | Asteracanthus Woodward p. 16 |
| 1923 | Asteraganthus Jordan and Hanibal p. 32 |
| 1963 | Asteracanthus Jordan p. 595 |
| 1963 | Curtodus Jordan p. 595 |
| 1963 | Asteracanthus Tabaste p. 460 |
| 1981 | Asteracanthus Rieppel p. 335 |
| 1987 | Asteracanthus Maisey p. 27 |
| 1989 | Asteracanthus Werner p. 14 |
| 2002 | Asteracanthus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Asteracanthus Delsate p. 4 |
| 2008 | Asteracanthus Rees and Underwood p. 132 |
| 2014 | Asteracanthus Guinot et al. p. 56 |
| 2018 | Asteracanthus Romano et al. |
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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.
G. †Asteracanthus Agassiz 1836
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†Asteracanthus acutus Agassiz 1837
†Asteracanthus aegyptiacus Stromer 1927
†Asteracanthus compressus Rogovich 1861
†Asteracanthus granulosus Egerton 1854
†Asteracanthus magnus Agassiz 1838
†Asteracanthus medius Owen 1869
†Asteracanthus minor Agassiz 1837
†Asteracanthus ornatissimus Agassiz 1836
†Asteracanthus papillosus Egerton 1854
†Asteracanthus semisulcatus Agassiz 1837
†Asteracanthus siderius Leidy 1870
†Asteracanthus somaensis Yabe 1902
†Asteracanthus tenuis Agassiz 1838
Invalid names: Curtodus Sauvage 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (50 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Devonian | USA (Kentucky) | A. siderius (87058) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Iran (Fars) | A. sp. (137397) | |
| Illyrian | Switzerland | A. sp. (132293) | |
| Norian - Early/Lower Jurassic | Madagascar (Toliara) | A. sp. (96323 96324 96326) | |
| Hettangian | Japan | A. sp. (119673) | |
| Bifrons | Italy | A. sp. (191986) | |
| Levesquei | Luxembourg | A. sp. (148935) | |
| Concavum | Luxembourg | A. magnus (141485) | |
| Early/Lower Aalenian | France (Rhone) | A. sp. (140481) | |
| Discites | Luxembourg | A. sp. (141491) | |
| Bathonian | France (Centre) | Strophodus magnus (67992) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | France (Midi-Pyrénées) | A. sp. (61377) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | France (Basse-Normandie) | A. medius (140633) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (31054) | |
| Late/Upper Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | A. magnus (224639) A. sp. (39075) | |
| Middle Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | A. remiradiatus (59357) | |
| Callovian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | A. ornatissimus (106921) | |
| Middle Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | A. ornatissimus (133067) | |
| Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | Japan | A. somaensis (133508) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Strophodus magnus, Strophodus tenuis (67913) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | Portugal (Leiria) | A. sp. (69698) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Poland (Zachodniopomorskie) | A. ornatissimus (163141) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Leiria) | A. sp. (24563) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | France (Aquitaine) | A. lepidus (94532) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (47421) | |
| Early/Lower Valanginian | Switzerland | A. granulosus (2225) | |
| Early/Lower Valanginian | France (Gard) | A. sp. (213631) | |
| Valanginian | France | A. sp. (214859) | |
| Barremian - Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | Pisces indet. (25146) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | A. sp. (125935) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt (Matruh) | Onchopristis numidus (84550) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | A. aegyptiacus (214404 214409 214433 214434 214435 214436 214508) Heterodonti indet. (214432) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) | A. aegyptiacus (38682) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | A. sp., Edaphodon sp. (57918) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | A. aegyptiacus (48868 178660) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger | A. aegyptiacus (229528 229529) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mali (Kidal) | A. sp. (206855) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | A. sp. (154112) |