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Stenacanthus nitida

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Bothriolepididae

Taxonomy
Stenacanthus nitida was named by Leidy (1856). Its type specimen is ANSP 9908, a set of limb elements, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bothriolepis nitida by Hay (1902), Denison (1978), Thomson and Thomas (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Stenacanthus nitida Leidy
1889Bothriolepis minor Newberry
1902Bothriolepis minor Hay p. 343
1902Bothriolepis nitida Hay p. 344
1904Bothriolepis coloradensis Eastman
1951Bothriolepis darbiensis Denison
1978Bothriolepis coloradensis Denison
1978Bothriolepis darbiensis Denison
1978Bothriolepis minor Denison
1978Bothriolepis nitida Denison
2001Bothriolepis nitida Thomson and Thomas p. 683

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
—Antiarchi(Cope 1885)
orderBothriolepidiformes
familyBothriolepididaeCope 1886
genusStenacanthusEichwald 1840
speciesnitidaLeidy 1856

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.

†Stenacanthus nitida Leidy 1856
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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 14:32:58
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:32:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available