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Falcatidae

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae

Taxonomy
Falcatidae was named by Zangerl (1990). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Symmoriiformes by Ginter et al. (2010), Nelson et al. (2016) and Ginter (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Falcatidae Zangerl
2010Falcatidae Ginter et al. p. 64
2016Falcatidae Nelson et al. p. 46
2018Falcatidae Ginter p. 392

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
superorderCladodontomorphi
orderSymmoriiformes()
familyFalcatidaeZangerl 1990
familyFalcatidaeZangerl 1990

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.

Fm. †Falcatidae Zangerl 1990
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G. †Damocles Lund 1986
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Damocles attenuatus Davis 1883
Damocles serratus Lund 1986
G. †Denaea Pruvost 1922
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Denaea decora Ivanov 1999
Denaea fournieri Pruvost 1922
Denaea saltsmani Ginter and Hansen 2010
Denaea wangi Wang et al. 2004
G. †Falcatus Lund 1985
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Falcatus falcatus St. John and Worthen 1883
Falcatus hamatus Agassiz 1837
Falcatus proclivus St. John and Worthen 1875
G. †Ozarcus Pradel et al. 2014
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Ozarcus mapesae Pradel et al. 2014
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 07:21:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:21:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Arundian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 345.00000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom Physonemus attenuatus (137333)
Arundian - Holkerian345.0 - 339.4Belgium Denaea fournieri (90649)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2China (Gansu) Denaea sp. (120299)
Arnsbergian326.4 - 318.1USA (Montana) Falcatus falcatus (116655 116657 116659 116764 227064 227065) Falcatus falcatus, Damocles serratus (90681 116654)
Pendleian326.4 - 318.1USA (Arkansas) Ozarcus mapesae (155545)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Greenland Denaea sp. (198286)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Denaea saltsmani (149380)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation Denaea decora (133278)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation (Orenburg) Denaea sp., Denaea decora (90291)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Russian Federation Denaea decora (133277)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) Denaea decora (90288 90298 90299)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Gard) Falcatidae indet. (213631)