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Cyrtonodus nishioi

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtonodus nishioi was named by Goto and Okura (2004). Its type specimen is NSM PV20372, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ichinotani, Fukuji, Gifu Prefecture, which is in a Moscovian marine limestone in the Ichinotani Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cyrtonodus nishioi Goto and Okura p. 225 figs. 17, 19.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
—Cochliodontomorpha
orderCochliodontiformesObruchev 1953
familyCochliodontidaeOwen 1867
genusCyrtonodusDavis 1884
speciesnishioi

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.

†Cyrtonodus nishioi Goto and Okura 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:56:40
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:56:40
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Japan Cyrtonodus nishioi (type locality: 90282)