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Phricacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Phricacanthus was named by Davis (1879). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Xenacanthidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Phricacanthus Davis
1963Phricacanthus Jordan p. 592

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyXenacanthidaeFritsch 1889
genusPhricacanthusDavis 1879

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. †Phricacanthus Davis 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available