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Cheiracanthus

Chondrichthyes - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Cheiracanthus Agassiz p. 125
1859Cheiracanthus Owen p. 123
1891Cheiracanthus Woodward p. 16
1902Cheiracanthus Hay p. 274
1963Cheiracanthus Jordan p. 591
1979Cheiracanthus Denison

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

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. †Cheiracanthus Agassiz 1835
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†Cheiracanthus latus Egerton 1861
†Cheiracanthus minor Agassiz 1835
†Cheiracanthus murchisoni Agassiz 1835
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 399.50000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Vitebsk) C. latus, C. splendens (232875)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Mogilev) C. sp., C. crassus, C. brevicostatus, C. splendens (232954)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) C. sp., C. crassus, C. latus, C. brevicostatus (232957) C. sp., C. gibbosus, C. brevicostatus (232955) C. sp., C. gibbosus, C. latus, C. brevicostatus (232956)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Latvia C. sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) C. sp. (232874) C. sp., C. latus, C. brevicostatus (232958)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) C. latus, C. murchisoni (226058 226059) C. murchisoni (226060 226061) C. sp. (226062)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom C. murchisoni (238085) C. sp. (238087)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia C. sp. (225803) C. sp. nov. 1, C. sp. nov. 2, C. brevicostatus, C. longicostatus (225851)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4United Kingdom C. sp. (238519)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia C. brevicostatus (225778)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) C. longicostatus (176224)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tula) C. sp. (225666)