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Nemacanthus monilifer

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Taxonomy
Nemacanthus monilifer was named by Agassiz (1836). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhaetic Bone Bed, Aust Cliff, which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz figs. Pl 7, figs 10-15
1837Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz p. 26
1858Desmacanthus cloacinus Quenstedt
1891Nemacanthus monilifer Woodward p. 116
1908Desmacanthus cloacinus Amthor p. 95 figs. Pl 2, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSynechodontiformes
familyPalaeospinacidaeRegan 1906
genusNemacanthus
speciesmonilifer

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.

†Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz 1836
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Invalid names: Desmacanthus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available