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Dicrenodus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Taxonomy
Dicrenodus was named by Romanowski (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Janassidae by Jordan (1963); to Hybodontes by Thurmond and Jones (1981); and to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
D. dentatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Dicrenodus Romanowski
1963Dicrenodus Jordan p. 593
1981Dicrenodus Thurmond and Jones p. 40
2002Dicrenodus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyHybodontidae()
genusDicrenodusRomanowski 1853

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. †Dicrenodus Romanowski 1853
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†Dicrenodus dentatus M'Coy 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Mississippian or 358.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom Pristicladodus dentatus (132729)