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Agassizodus variabilis

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae

Taxonomy
Lophodus variabilis was named by Newberry and Worthen (1870).

It was recombined as Campodus variabilis by Hay (1902), Eastman (1903), Branson (1933); it was recombined as Agassizodus variabilis by Lucas and Estep (2000), Clapham (2015).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2009-07-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Lophodus variabilis Newberry and Worthen
1902Campodus variabilis Hay p. 296
1903Campodus variabilis Eastman p. 184 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1; pl. 2, figs 15-16; text-fig 10
1933Campodus variabilis Branson p. 179 fig. 1.7
2000Agassizodus variabilis Lucas and Estep p. 22 fig. 5
2015Agassizodus variabilis Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
familyHelicoprionidaeKarpinsky 1911
genusAgassizodusSt. John and Worthen 1875
speciesvariabilis(Newberry and Worthen 1870)

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.

†Agassizodus variabilis Newberry and Worthen 1870
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Diagnosis
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