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Cylindracanthus acus

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Coelorhynchus acus was named by Cope (1870).

It was recombined as Cylindracanthus acus by Rapp (1946) and Thurmond and Jones (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Coelorhynchus acus Cope p. 294
1902Coelorhynchus acus Hay p. 331
1946Cylindracanthus acus Rapp p. 511
1981Cylindracanthus acus Thurmond and Jones p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
genusCylindracanthusLeidy 1856
speciesacus(Cope 1870)

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.

†Cylindracanthus acus Cope 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Cylindracanthus acus (16848)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (New Jersey) Coelorhynchus acus (84022)