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Acrodus olsoni

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Taxonomy
Acrodus olsoni was named by Johnson (1981). Its type specimen is SMP-SMU 64350, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West Franklin Bend C WFBC, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian marine horizon in Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. humilus, A. kalasinensis, A. substraitus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Acrodus olsoni Johnson p. 6 figs. 2,4-25,146-151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassHybodonta
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyAcrodontidaeCasier 1959
genusAcrodus
speciesolsoni

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.

†Acrodus olsoni Johnson 1981
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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 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) Acrodus olsoni (221392)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) Acrodus olsoni (type locality: 117094 117095)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Acrodus olsoni (117092 117093)