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Agkistracanthus mitgelensis

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Taxonomy
Agkistracanthus mitgelensis was named by Duffin and Furrer (1981). Its type specimen is A/I 858 (dorsal fin spine) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Piz Son Mitgel, Kanton Graubünden, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in the Kössen Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Agkistracanthus mitgelensis Duffin and Furrer p. 811 figs. pl. 1. figs. 1-3; pl. 2, figs 1-2, 3-6
1994Agkistracanthus mitgelensis Duffin p. 7 figs. 5-7

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

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.

Agkistracanthus mitgelensis Duffin and Furrer 1981
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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 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Switzerland Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (138950 138951 138952)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Somerset) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (141540)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (120898)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Switzerland (Savognin) Agkistracanthus mitgelensis (type locality: 138949)