Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Myriacanthidae

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Myriacanthidae Woodward p. 279
1891Myriacanthidae Woodward p. 43
1963Myriacanthidae Jordan p. 606
1965Acanthorhinidae Patterson p. 146
1981Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 470
1981Myriacanthidae Duffin and Furrer p. 810
1984Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 57
1991Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 296 figs. 2-7, 10
1993Myriacanthidae Duffin and Delsate p. 673
1994Myriacanthidae Duffin p. 6
2006Myriacanthidae Nelson p. 45
2017Myriacanthidae Duffin and Milàn p. 164

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderMyriacanthoideiPatterson 1965
familyMyriacanthidae
familyMyriacanthidae

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. †Myriacanthidae Woodward 1889
show all | hide all
G. †Acanthorhina Fraas 1910
hide
†Acanthorhina jaekeli Fraas 1910
G. †Agkistracanthus Duffin and Furrer 1981
hide
†Agkistracanthus mitgelensis Duffin and Furrer 1981
G. †Alethodontus Duffin 1983
hide
†Alethodontus bavariensis Duffin 1983
G. †Halonodon Duffin 1984
hide
†Halonodon luxembourgensis Duffin and Delsate 1993
†Halonodon warneri Duffin 1984
G. †Metopacanthus Zittel 1887
hide
G. †Myriacanthus Agassiz 1836
hide
†Myriacanthus granulatus Agassiz 1837
+
Invalid names: Ischyodus orthorhinus Egerton 1871 [synonym]
†Myriacanthus paradoxus Agassiz 1836
+
Invalid names: Prognathodus guntheri Egerton 1872 [synonym]
†Myriacanthus retrorsus Agassiz 1837
Invalid names: Prognathodus Egerton 1872 [synonym]
G. †Oblidens Duffin and Milàn 2017
hide
†Oblidens bornholmensis Duffin and Milàn 2017
G. †Recurvacanthus Duffin 1981
hide
Invalid names: Acanthorhinidae Patterson 1965 [synonym]
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 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Tenuicostatum or 205.70000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (120898) Myriacanthus paradoxus (122365)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Switzerland Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (138950 138951 138952) Agkistracanthus sp. (138953 138954 138955)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Somerset) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (141540)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Switzerland (Savognin) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (138949)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Agkistracanthus sp. (138956)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Luxembourg Halonodon luxembourgensis (138437)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5France (Lorraine) Myriacanthus paradoxus (53947)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Switzerland Agkistracanthus sp. (138959)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Austria Agkistracanthus sp. (138957 138958)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5Germany Alethodontus bavariensis (139835)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9Italy Myriacanthidae indet. (90673)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Belgium Myriacanthidae indet. (179493)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Myriacanthus paradoxus (122371)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9Belgium Halonodon warneri (138561) Myriacanthidae indet. (139847 139848 139849 179491 179494)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Myriacanthus paradoxus (139856) Myriacanthus paradoxus, Myriacanthus granulatus, Ischyodus orthorhinus (122154) Myriacanthus paradoxus, Myriacanthus granulatus, Prognathodus guntheri (122155) Myriacanthus paradoxus, Myriacanthus granulatus, Recurvacanthus uniserialis (122153)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Denmark Myriacanthidae indet., Oblidens bornholmensis (190857)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Acanthorhina jaekeli, Myriacanthus bollensis (122460)