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Listracanthidae

Chondrichthyes - Listracanthidae

Taxonomy
Listracanthidae was named by Martill et al. (2014). Its type is Listracanthus.

It was assigned to Elasmobranchii by Martill et al. (2014); and to Euselachii by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Acanthorhachis, Listracanthus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Listracanthidae Martill et al. p. 523
2019Listracanthidae van der Laan p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
familyListracanthidae
familyListracanthidae

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. †Listracanthidae Martill et al. 2014
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G. †Acanthorhachis Martill et al. 2014
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†Acanthorhachis spinatus Bolton 1896
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Invalid names: Listracanthus wardi Woodward 1891 [synonym]
G. †Listracanthus Newberry and Worthen 1870
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†Listracanthus hystrix Newberry and Worthen 1870
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Invalid names: Listracanthus beyrichi von Koenen 1879 [synonym], Listracanthus eliasi Hibbard 1938 [synonym], Listracanthus hildrethi Newberry 1875 [synonym], Listracanthus woltersi Schmidt 1949 [synonym]
†Listracanthus pectenatus Mutter and Neuman 2006
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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Smithian or 358.86000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Belarus (Homel) Listracanthus sp. (232531)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Belarus (Homel) Listracanthus sp. (232527)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Montana) Listracanthus histrix (116656)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6United Kingdom (England) Listracanthus sp. (8456 8628)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Ukraine Listracanthus sp. (228668)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) Listracanthus sp. (41184 41223 41225 41259)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Acanthorhachis spinatus (154807)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (South Dakota) Listracanthus histrix (132341)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Listracanthus hystrix (132333)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Listracanthus sp. (217022)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Listracanthus hystrix (237797)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Listracanthus sp. (217070)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) Listracanthus sp. (90288)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Poland Listracanthus sp. (232361)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Canada (British Columbia) Listracanthus pectenatus (90693 90694)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (British Columbia) Listracanthus pectenatus (119095) Listracanthus sp. (90301)