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Acrodontinae

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Taxonomy
Acrodontinae was named by Maisey (1989).

It was assigned to Hybodontes by Murry and Kirby (2002); and to Acrodontidae by Romano et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Acrodontinae Maisey
2002Acrodontinae Murry and Kirby p. 88
2018Acrodontinae Romano et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyAcrodontidaeCasier 1959
subfamilyAcrodontinaeMaisey 1989
subfamilyAcrodontinaeMaisey 1989

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.

Subfm. †Acrodontinae Maisey 1989
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G. †Asteracanthus Agassiz 1836
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†Asteracanthus acutus Agassiz 1837
†Asteracanthus aegyptiacus Stromer 1927
†Asteracanthus compressus Rogovich 1861
†Asteracanthus granulosus Egerton 1854
†Asteracanthus magnus Agassiz 1838
†Asteracanthus medius Owen 1869
†Asteracanthus minor Agassiz 1837
†Asteracanthus papillosus Egerton 1854
†Asteracanthus siderius Leidy 1870
†Asteracanthus tenuis Agassiz 1838
Invalid names: Curtodus Sauvage 1867 [synonym]
G. †Reticulodus Murry and Kirby 2002
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†Reticulodus synergus Murry and Kirby 2002
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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Devonian to the top of the Zanclean or 419.62000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Devonian419.62 - 358.86USA (Kentucky) Asteracanthus siderius (87058)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran (Fars) Asteracanthus sp. (137397)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland Asteracanthus sp. (132293)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Hybodontidae indet. (48423) Reticulodus synergus (84017)
Norian - Early/Lower Jurassic227.3 - 174.7Madagascar (Toliara) Asteracanthus sp. (96323 96324 96326)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Arizona) Reticulodus synergus (84015)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Japan Asteracanthus sp. (119673)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Italy Asteracanthus sp. (191986)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg Asteracanthus sp. (148935)
Concavum174.7 - 170.9Luxembourg Asteracanthus magnus (141485)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9France (Rhone) Asteracanthus sp. (140481)
Discites170.9 - 168.2Luxembourg Asteracanthus sp. (141491)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) Strophodus magnus (67992)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Asteracanthus sp. (31054)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Midi-Pyrénées) Asteracanthus sp. (61377)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Basse-Normandie) Asteracanthus medius (140633)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Asteracanthus magnus (224639) Asteracanthus sp. (39075)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Asteracanthus remiradiatus (59357)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Asteracanthus ornatissimus (106921)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Asteracanthus ornatissimus (133067)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Portugal (Leiria) Asteracanthus sp. (69698)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Japan Asteracanthus somaensis (133508)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Strophodus magnus, Strophodus tenuis (67913)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Zachodniopomorskie) Asteracanthus ornatissimus (163141)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Leiria) Asteracanthus sp. (24563)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (Aquitaine) Asteracanthus lepidus (94532)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Asteracanthus sp. (47421)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France (Gard) Asteracanthus sp. (213631)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Asteracanthus granulosus (2225)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Asteracanthus sp. (214859)
Barremian - Albian125.77 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) Pisces indet. (25146)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Tunisia (Tataouine) Asteracanthus sp. (125935)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Matruh) Onchopristis numidus (84550)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Asteracanthus aegyptiacus (214404 214409 214433 214434 214435 214436 214508) Heterodonti indet. (214432)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Asteracanthus sp., Edaphodon sp. (57918)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Asteracanthus aegyptiacus (38682)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mali (Kidal) Asteracanthus sp. (206855)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) Asteracanthus aegyptiacus (48868 178660)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger Asteracanthus aegyptiacus (229528 229529)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Asteracanthus sp. (154112)