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Acritolepidae

Chondrichthyes - Ischnacanthiformes - Acritolepidae

Taxonomy
Acritolepidae was named by Valiukevicius and Burrow (2005).

It was assigned to Ischnacanthiformes by Burrow (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Acritolepidae Valiukevicius and Burrow
2011Acritolepidae Burrow p. 1331

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderIschnacanthiformesBerg 1940
familyAcritolepidaeValiukevicius and Burrow 2005
familyAcritolepidaeValiukevicius and Burrow 2005

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. †Acritolepidae Valiukevicius and Burrow 2005
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G. †Acritolepis Valiukevicius 2003
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Acritolepis urvantsevi Valiukevicius 2003
Acritolepis ushakovi Valiukevicius 2003
G. †Nerepisacanthus Burrow 2011
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Nerepisacanthus denisoni Burrow 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-09-24 07:51:17
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:07:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Givetian or 422.70000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (New Brunswick) Nerepisacanthus denisoni (161317)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation Acritolepis ushakovi, Acritolepis urvantsevi (90329)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Antarctica Acritolepidae indet. (207098)