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Mesacanthus

Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Mesacanthidae

Taxonomy
Mesacanthus was named by Traquair (1888). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Mesacanthidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Acanthoessus by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Acanthoessidae by Jordan (1963); to Acanthodidae by Denison (1979); to Acanthodiformes by Hanke and Wilson (2004); and to Mesacanthidae by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Mesacanthus Traquair
1963Mesacanthus Jordan p. 591
1979Mesacanthus Denison
2004Mesacanthus Hanke and Wilson
2019Mesacanthus van der Laan p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
orderAcanthodiformesBerg 1940
familyMesacanthidaeMoy-Thomas 1939
genusMesacanthusTraquair 1888

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. †Mesacanthus Traquair 1888
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†Mesacanthus mitchelli Egerton 1861
†Mesacanthus peachi Egerton 1861
†Mesacanthus pusillus Agassiz 1844
†Mesacanthus semistriatus Woodward 1892
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 Lochkovian to the top of the Middle Givetian or 419.62000 to 383.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (Scotland) M. mitchelli (155918 155933 195123 238266) M. sp. (26908)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47United Kingdom (Scotland) M. mitchelli (181898 181899)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom M. sp. (238085 238087)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) M. peachi (226060) M. pusillus (226058)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom M. pusillus (238521) M. sp. (238516)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4United Kingdom M. peachi, M. pusillus (238519)