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Metopacanthus bollensis

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Taxonomy
Myriacanthus bollensis was named by Fraas (1910). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Holzmaden, epsilon II-3 (SMNS collection), which is in a Tenuicostatum marine shale in the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Metopacanthus bollensis by Duffin (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Myriacanthus bollensis Fraas p. 61 figs. Pl 3, fig 7
1983Metopacanthus bollensis Duffin p. 20 figs. Pl 5, fig 1

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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
genusMetopacanthusZittel 1887
speciesbollensis()

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

Age range: Tenuicostatum or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Myriacanthus bollensis (type locality: 122460)