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Paraorthacodus kruckowi

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Taxonomy
Palaeospinax kruckowi was named by Thies (1983). Its type specimen is SMF 7096, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moorberg, near Hannover, which is in an Aalenian marine horizon in Germany.

It was recombined as Paraorthacodus kruckowi by Duffin and Ward (1993).

Entered
by P. Vazquez (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-12-11; modified by P. Vazquez on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Palaeospinax kruckowi Thies p. 14 figs. pl. 2, figs 1-2
1993Palaeospinax kruckowi Biddle p. 63 figs. 7a-c, 8a-b
1993Paraorthacodus kruckowi Duffin and Ward p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderSynechodontiformes
familyPalaeospinacidaeRegan 1906
genusParaorthacodus
specieskruckowi()

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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