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Macrodontacanthus kingi

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Macrodontacanthus kingi was named by Romer (1942). Its type specimen is MCZ 8009 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Culbertson Pasture, east of Wichita Falls, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Macrodontacanthus kingi Romer p. 226 figs. pl. 1 figs 13-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
genusMacrodontacanthus
specieskingi

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.

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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 06:36:22
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:36:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Macrodontacanthus kingi (type locality: 132659)