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Polyacrodus cloacinus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus cloacinus was named by Quenstedt (1858). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Polyacrodus cloacinus by Duffin and Delsate (1993), Skinner et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Hybodus cloacinus Quenstedt
1889Hybodus cloacinus Woodward p. 256
1908Hybodus cloacinus Amthor p. 95 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1977Hybodus cloacinus Duffin and Gazdzicki p. 336
1993Hybodus cloacinus Duffin p. 47 figs. text-figs 1a-b
1993Polyacrodus cloacinus Duffin and Delsate p. 37 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2
2020Polyacrodus cloacinus Skinner et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassHybodonta
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyPolyacrodontidae
genusPolyacrodus
speciescloacinus(Quenstedt 1858)

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.

Polyacrodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858
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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 Rhaetian to the top of the Sinemurian or 205.70000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Belgium Polyacrodus cloacinus (131520)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Luxembourg Hybodus cloacinus (67895)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Jura) Hybodus cloacinus (60566)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Hybodus cloacinus (31772 31773)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Hybodus cloacinus (189823)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom Hybodus cloacinus (137661)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Westphalia) Hybodus cloacinus (218156)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Hybodus cloacinus (53829 96617 120898 120928 122365 131728)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Belgium (Gaume) Polyacrodus cloacinus (139198 139199 139202 139204)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany Hybodus cloacinus (149329)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Wales) Polyacrodus cloacinus (46077)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Poland Hybodus cloacinus (124679)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hybodus cloacinus (91635)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Champagne-Ardennes) Hybodus cloacinus (139922)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Hybodus cloacinus (122153)