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Ctenoptychius

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Belantseidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Ctenoptychius Agassiz p. 99
1889Ctenoptychius Woodward p. 49
1902Ctenoptychius Hay p. 281
1963Ctenoptychius Jordan p. 593
1981Ctenoptychius Zangerl p. 97
1989Ctenoptychius Lund p. 352
2010Ctenoptychius Ginter et al. p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyBelantseidae
genusCtenoptychius

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. †Ctenoptychius Agassiz 1838
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Ctenoptychius acuminatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Ctenoptychius apicalis Agassiz 1838
Ctenoptychius cristatus Dawson 1868
Ctenoptychius lobatus Etheridge 1875
Ctenoptychius pertenius Saint John and Worthen 1875
Ctenoptychius stevensoni St. John and Worthen 1875
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 07:09:25
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:09:25
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Kungurian or 330.90000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom C. apicalis, C. serratus (132781) C. dentatus, Petalodus serratus (137333) C. serratus (132729)
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.9 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) C. cristatus (175248)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9United Kingdom C. apicalis (137307)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom C. apicalis (137310 137311 137312 137313 137338)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) C. sp. (85299 85300)