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Diacranodus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Diacranodus was named by Garman (1885). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pleuracanthidae by Hay (1902); and to Xenacanthidae by Jordan (1963) and Zangerl (1981).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Diacranodus Garman
1902Diacranodus Hay p. 265
1963Diacranodus Jordan p. 592
1981Diacranodus Zangerl p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyXenacanthidaeFritsch 1889
genusDiacranodusGarman 1885

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. †Diacranodus Garman 1885
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Diacranodus texensis Cope 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:25:48
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:25:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available