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Cheiracanthus latus

Chondrichthyes - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Taxonomy
Cheiracanthus latus was named by Egerton (1861). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Cheiracanthus latus Egerton
1891Cheiracanthus latus Woodward p. 19
1979Cheiracanthus latus Denison

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

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.

†Cheiracanthus latus Egerton 1861
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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: 2004-09-24 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 Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Vitebsk) Cheiracanthus latus (232875)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) Cheiracanthus latus (232956 232957)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) Cheiracanthus latus (226058 226059)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) Cheiracanthus latus (232958)