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Mylacanthus spinosus

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Taxonomy
Mylacanthus spinosus was named by Stensiö (1921).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Mylacanthus spinosus Stensiö p. 110 figs. Pl. 19, Fig. 3; Pl. 20, Fig. 2
1998Mylacanthus spinosus Forey p. 356
2004Mylacanthus spinosus Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyCoelacanthidaeAgassiz 1843
genusMylacanthus
speciesspinosus

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.

†Mylacanthus spinosus Stensiö 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Mylacanthus spinosus (120228 120366)