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Brachyacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Climatiiformes - Climatiidae

Taxonomy
Brachyacanthus was named by Egerton (1860). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Diplacanthidae by Jordan (1963); and to Climatiidae by Egerton (1860) and Denison (1979).

Species
B. scutiger

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Brachyacanthus Egerton
1963Brachyacanthus Jordan p. 591
1979Brachyacanthus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderClimatiiformesBerg 1940
familyClimatiidaeBerg 1940
genusBrachyacanthus

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. †Brachyacanthus Egerton 1860
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†Brachyacanthus scutiger Egerton 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-09 04:51:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 06:54:46
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8United Kingdom (Scotland) B. scutiger (195123) B. sp. (155918)