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Acondylacanthus distans

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Ctenacanthus distans was named by M'Coy (1848). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Acondylacanthus distans by Woodward (1891).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. distrans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ctenacanthus distans M'Coy
1855Ctenacanthus distans M'Coy p. 625 figs. pl. 3k, fig. 15
1891Acondylacanthus distans Woodward p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
superorderCtenacanthimorpha
orderCtenacanthiformes()
familyCtenacanthidaeDean 1909
genusAcondylacanthusJohn and Worthen 1875
speciesdistans(M'Coy 1848)

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.

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Diagnosis
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