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Agassizodus

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae

Taxonomy
Agassizodus was named by St. John and Worthen (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l C Mosc-u Sepkoski's reference number: 863,1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Heterodontidae by Jordan (1963); to Eugeneodontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Agassizodontidae by Zangerl (1981), Goto and Okura (2004), Ginter et al. (2010).

Species
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Vazquez on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Agassizodus St. John and Worthen
1963Agassizodus Jordan p. 596
1981Agassizodus Zangerl p. 86
2002Agassizodus Sepkoski
2004Agassizodus Goto and Okura p. 218
2010Agassizodus Ginter et al. p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
familyHelicoprionidaeKarpinsky 1911
genusAgassizodusSt. John and Worthen 1875

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. †Agassizodus St. John and Worthen 1875
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Agassizodus variabilis Newberry and Worthen 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available