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Stethacanthulus meccaensis

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Taxonomy
Denaea meccaensis was named by Williams (1985). Its type specimen is PF 6767-LQXR 37 and is a compression fossil. It is the type species of Stethacanthulus.

It was recombined as Stethacanthulus meccaensis by Ivanov et al. (2013), Ivanov (2015), Ivanov et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Danaea meccaensis Williams p. 88
1985Denaea meccaensis Williams p. 88
1995Denaea meccaensis Zangerl p. 556
2013Stethacanthulus meccaensis Ivanov et al. p. 154 fig. 4A,B
2015Stethacanthulus meccaensis Ivanov p. 302 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-9
2020Stethacanthulus meccaensis Ivanov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
superorderCladoselachimorpha
orderSymmoriiformes()
familySymmoriidaeDean 1909
genusStethacanthulusZangerl 1990
speciesmeccaensis()

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.

†Stethacanthulus meccaensis Williams 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:21:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:21:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Capitanian or 309.80000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Indiana) Denaea meccaensis (131614 132157 132182 132197 132226 132227 132282 133375 133411)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (indiana) Denaea meccaensis (132245)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Indiana) Denaea meccaensis (133415)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Indiana) Denaea meccaensis (90689)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Stethacanthulus meccaensis (132080 132083 132084 132085 132086 211385 211386 211387 211388 211389 211390 211391 211392 211393 211394 211395 211396)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Stethacanthulus meccaensis (132082 184258 184259 211397 211398 211399 211400 211401 211402 211403)