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Protacrodontiformes

Chondrichthyes - Protacrodontiformes

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Protacrodontoidea Zangerl
1988Protacrodontoidea Li p. 101
2010Protacrodontoidea Ginter et al. p. 86
2016Protacrodontiformes Nelson et al. p. 55
2019Protacrodontiformes van der Laan p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
orderProtacrodontiformes
orderProtacrodontiformes

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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Fm. †Protacrodontidae Cappetta et al. 1993
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G. †Dalmehodus Long and Hairapetian 2000
G. †Deihim Ginter et al. 2002
G. †Protacrodus Jaekel 1925
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†Protacrodus vetustus Jaekel 1925
Invalid names: Protacrodontoidea Zangerl 1981 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Bithynian or 387.95000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) Protacrodus sp. (242242)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation Protacrodus sp. (133345)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (New South Wales) Protacrodus sp. (232510)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Protacrodus sp. (232511 232512)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation Protacrodus vetustus (133356)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Iran Protacrodus sp. (239379)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Russian Federation Protacrodontidae indet. (133360) Protacrodus sp. (133361)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Belarus (Homel) Protacrodus sp. (232528)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Komi) Protacrodontidae indet. (133358)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Russian Federation (Pechora) Protacrodus aequalis (133362)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Belarus (Homel) Protacrodus sp. (232527)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Holmesella sp. (6327 6329 6339 6342 6347 6372 6375 6394 6395 6415 6417 6428 6431 6433 6442)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation Protacrodus sp. (133372)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Holmesella triangularis, Holmesella wapanuckensis (132868)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (South Dakota) Holmesella quadrata (132341)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Greenland Protacrodontidae indet. (198286)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Holmesella equilaterata, Holmesella parallelata (132618) Holmesella equilaterata, Holmesella parallella, Holmesella elongata (132625) Holmesella ornata (132623) Holmesella rhomboidelis (132632) Holmesella speni (132614)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Holmesella crassa (132617)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Holmesella quadrata (132372)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Poland Protacrodus sp. (149688)