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Dicentrodus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Diplodoselachidae

Taxonomy
Dicentrodus was named by Traquair (1888). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cladodontidae by Jordan (1963); and to Diplodoselachidae by Hampe (2003) and Ginter et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Dicentrodus Traquair
1963Dicentrodus Jordan p. 592
2003Dicentrodus Hampe p. 229
2010Dicentrodus Ginter et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyDiplodoselachidaeDick 1981
genusDicentrodusTraquair 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. †Dicentrodus Traquair 1888
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Dicentrodus bicuspidatus Traquair 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:25:48
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:25:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Permian or 307.00000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) D. alatus (224241)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Anodontacanthus belemnoides (216409)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) Anodontacanthus belemnoides (221391)