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Protacrodontidae

Chondrichthyes - Protacrodontiformes - Protacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Protacrodontidae was named by Cappetta et al. (1993). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protacrodontoidea by Ginter et al. (2010); and to Protacrodontiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Protacrodontidae Cappetta et al.
2010Protacrodontidae Ginter et al. p. 86
2016Protacrodontidae Nelson et al. p. 55
2019Protacrodontidae van der Laan p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
orderProtacrodontiformes
familyProtacrodontidaeCappetta et al. 1993
familyProtacrodontidaeCappetta et al. 1993

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.

Fm. †Protacrodontidae Cappetta et al. 1993
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G. †Dalmehodus Long and Hairapetian 2000
G. †Deihim Ginter et al. 2002
G. †Protacrodus Jaekel 1925
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Protacrodus vetustus Jaekel 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Bithynian or 387.95000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) Protacrodus sp. (242242)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation Protacrodus sp. (133345)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (New South Wales) Protacrodus sp. (232510)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Protacrodus sp. (232511 232512)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation Protacrodus vetustus (133356)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Iran Protacrodus sp. (239379)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Belarus (Homel) Protacrodus sp. (232528)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Russian Federation Protacrodontidae indet. (133360) Protacrodus sp. (133361)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Komi) Protacrodontidae indet. (133358)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Russian Federation (Pechora) Protacrodus aequalis (133362)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Belarus (Homel) Protacrodus sp. (232527)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation Protacrodus sp. (133372)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Greenland Protacrodontidae indet. (198286)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Poland Protacrodus sp. (149688)