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Myriacanthidae
Taxonomy
Myriacanthidae was named by Woodward (1889).
It was assigned to Chimaeroidei by Woodward (1891), Jordan (1963); and to Myriacanthoidei by Duffin and Furrer (1981), Duffin (1981), Duffin (1984), Duffin (1991), Duffin and Delsate (1993), Duffin (1994), Nelson (2006), Duffin and Milàn (2017).
It was assigned to Chimaeroidei by Woodward (1891), Jordan (1963); and to Myriacanthoidei by Duffin and Furrer (1981), Duffin (1981), Duffin (1984), Duffin (1991), Duffin and Delsate (1993), Duffin (1994), Nelson (2006), Duffin and Milàn (2017).
Subtaxa
Entered
by P. Vazquez (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-09-12; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Myriacanthidae Woodward p. 279 |
| 1891 | Myriacanthidae Woodward p. 43 |
| 1963 | Myriacanthidae Jordan p. 606 |
| 1965 | Acanthorhinidae Patterson p. 146 |
| 1981 | Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 470 |
| 1981 | Myriacanthidae Duffin and Furrer p. 810 |
| 1984 | Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 57 |
| 1991 | Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 296 figs. 2-7, 10 |
| 1993 | Myriacanthidae Duffin and Delsate p. 673 |
| 1994 | Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 6 |
| 2006 | Myriacanthidae Nelson p. 45 |
| 2017 | Myriacanthidae Duffin and Milàn p. 164 |
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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. †Myriacanthidae Woodward 1889
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G. †Halonodon Duffin 1984
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†Halonodon luxembourgensis Duffin and Delsate 1993
†Halonodon warneri Duffin 1984
G. †Metopacanthus Zittel 1887
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†Metopacanthus bollensis Fraas 1910
†Metopacanthus granulatus Agassiz 1837
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Invalid names: Ischyodus orthorhinus Egerton 1871 [synonym], Leptacanthus tenuispinus Agassiz 1837 [synonym]
G. †Myriacanthus Agassiz 1836
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†Myriacanthus retrorsus Agassiz 1837
Invalid names: Prognathodus Egerton 1872 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthorhinidae Patterson 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available