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Cheiracanthoides

Chondrichthyes - Climatiiformes - Climatiidae

Taxonomy
Cheiracanthoides was named by Wells (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife-u D Fras-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Climatiidae by Denison (1979); and to Climatiiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Cheiracanthoides Wells
1979Cheiracanthoides Denison
2002Cheiracanthoides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderClimatiiformesBerg 1940
familyClimatiidaeBerg 1940
genusCheiracanthoidesWells 1944

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. †Cheiracanthoides Wells 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-09 04:51:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 06:54:46
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Carroll 1988, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 409.10000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation C. comptus (35710 35711 35749) C. sp. A, C. comptus (35712) C. sp. A, C. sp. B, C. comptus (35713)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Russian Federation C. sp. A, C. comptus (35715 35718 35720)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belarus C. estonicus (225880)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Estonia C. estonicus (225794)