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Acrodus vermiformis

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Taxonomy
Acrodus vermiformis was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is 33m Above the Fish Horizon, Mt. Viking, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Sticky Keep Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Acrodus vermiformis Stensiö p. 18 figs. Pl. 2, Figs. 20,21
2010Acrodus vermiformis Romano and Brinkmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
infraclassHybodonta
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyAcrodontidaeCasier 1959
genusAcrodus
speciesvermiformis

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.

Acrodus vermiformis Stensiö 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available