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Diplacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Diplacanthiformes - Diplacanthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Diplacanthus Agassiz p. 175
1859Diplacanthus Owen p. 123
1891Diplacanthus Woodward p. 23
1902Diplacanthus Hay p. 274
1963Diplacanthus Jordan p. 591
1979Diplacanthus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderDiplacanthiformesBerg 1940
familyDiplacanthidaeWoodward 1891
genusDiplacanthus

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. †Diplacanthus Agassiz 1843
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†Diplacanthus balticus Gross 1973
†Diplacanthus carinatus Gross 1973
†Diplacanthus ellsi Gagnier 1996
†Diplacanthus horridus Woodward 1892
†Diplacanthus longispinus Agassiz 1844
†Diplacanthus striatus Agassiz 1844
†Diplacanthus tenuistriatus Traquair 1894
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: Carroll 1988, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) D. sp. (232955)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Latvia D. sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom D. crassisimus (238085)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) D. sp. (232958)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) D. crassisimus (226494) D. striatus, D. crassisimus (226061) D. striatus, D. crassisimus, D. tenuistriatus (226059 226060) D. striatus, D. longispinus, D. crassisimus (226058)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia D. gravis (225803 225804) D. gravis, D. sp., D. carinatus (225851)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belarus D. gravis (225885 225886)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Belarus D. gravis (225887)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Quebec) D. ellsi, D. horridus (179176)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86South Africa (Eastern Cape) D. acus (68049)