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Acanthodes

Chondrichthyes - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Acanthodes Agassiz p. 3 figs. Vol I, Pl A, fig 1
1851Acanthodes Dana p. 128
1891Acanthodes Woodward p. 2
1933Acanthodes Gunnell p. 288
1963Acanthodes Jordan p. 591
1979Acanthodes Denison
1988Acanthodes Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderAcanthodiformesBerg 1940
familyAcanthodidaeHuxley 1861
genusAcanthodes

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. †Acanthodes Agassiz 1833
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Acanthodes australis Woodward 1906
Acanthodes beecheri Eastman 1902
Acanthodes bourbonensis Heidtke 1996
Acanthodes boyi Heidtke 1993
Acanthodes bridgei Zidek 1976
Acanthodes bronni Agassiz 1833
Acanthodes confusus Heidtke 2011
Acanthodes gracilis Beyrich 1949
Acanthodes guizhouensis Wang and Turner 1985
Acanthodes lopatini Rohon 1889
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Invalid names: Homalacanthus bergi Obruchev 1962 [synonym]
Acanthodes marshi Eastman 1902
Acanthodes mitchelli Egerton 1861
Acanthodes nitidus Woodward 1891
Acanthodes ovensis White 1927
Acanthodes peachi Egerton 1861
Acanthodes pollichiae Heidtke 2011
Acanthodes punctatus Fritsch 1893
Acanthodes pusillus Agassiz 1844
Acanthodes pygmaeus Fritsch 1875
Acanthodes rouvillei Sauvage 1883
Acanthodes splendidus Heidtke 2011
Acanthodes sulcatus Agassiz 1835
Acanthodes ultimus Heidtke 2011
Acanthodes wardi Egerton 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-09-24 07:51:17
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:07:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Sakmarian or 410.62000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation A. dublinensis (35710 35711 35713 35749)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Vitebsk) A. sp. (232875 232876 232877)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) A. sp. (232956 232957)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Mogilev) A. sp. (232954)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation A. dublinensis (35720)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Latvia A. sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) A. sp. (232958)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (Iowa) A. dublinensis (226053)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2, A. sp. 3, A. sp. 4 (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia A. sp. (225777)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Belarus (Homel) A. sp. (232526 232528)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) A. lopatini (226045)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) A. sp. (176224)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tula) A. sp. (225666)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Lipetsk) A. sp. (225665)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (Victoria) A. australis (230548)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) A. lopatini (232962)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3China (Gansu) A. guizhouensis (120300)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Scotland) A. nitidus (90682)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Belarus (Homel) A. sp. (232527)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sulcatus (230471 230473 230477 230478 230479)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sulcatus (229842)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (134654)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Montana) A. lundi (116764 227065)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0United Kingdom (Cornwall) A. wardi (232960)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Flintshire) A. sp. (233397) A. wardi (233393 233396 233398 233402)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (217021 217022 217023)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) A. kinneyi (216992) A. kinneyi, A. sp. (217070) A. sp., A. kinneyi (216993 216994)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) A. sp. (180633)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Rhineland-Pfalz) A. bronni, A. splendidus (180783)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany A. boyi (138357)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Czech Republic (Krkonose) A. sp., A. gracilis (232614)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Czech Republic (Liberec) A. gracilis (232993) A. sp. (231860 232994 232995) A. sp., A. gracilis (232996 232997)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Saarland) A. confusus (180864)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1France A. sp. (34797)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (181077)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) A. bourbonensis (197929)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (221392)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) A. sp. (197925)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Germany (Rhineland-Pfalz) A. ultimus (180563)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) A. sp. (130816 130817)