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Stethacanthulus

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Taxonomy
Stethacanthulus was named by Zangerl (1990). It is not extant. Its type is Denaea meccaensis.

It was assigned to Stethacanthidae by Zangerl (1995); to Falcatidae by Ginter et al. (2010); and to Symmoriidae by Ivanov et al. (2013), Ivanov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Stethacanthulus Zangerl
1995Stethacanthulus Zangerl p. 556
2010Stethacanthulus Ginter et al. p. 67
2013Stethacanthulus Ivanov et al. p. 154
2015Stethacanthulus Ivanov p. 302

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
superorderCladodontomorphi
orderSymmoriiformes()
familySymmoriidaeDean 1909
genusStethacanthulusZangerl 1990

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. †Stethacanthulus Zangerl 1990
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†Stethacanthulus meccaensis Williams 1985
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 07:21:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:21:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Capitanian or 309.80000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (indiana) Denaea meccaensis (132245)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Indiana) Denaea meccaensis (131614 132157 132182 132197 132226 132227 132282 133375 133411)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Indiana) Denaea meccaensis (133415)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Indiana) S. longipeniculus, Denaea meccaensis (90689)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) S. decorus (132079)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) S. meccaensis (132080 132083 132084 132085 132086 211385 211386 211387 211388 211389 211390 211391 211392 211393 211394 211395 211396)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) S. meccaensis (132082 184258 184259 211397 211398 211399 211400 211401 211402 211403)