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Acanthodus

Conodonta - Conodontophorida - Acanthodontidae

Taxonomy
Acanthodus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthodontidae by Pyle and Barnes (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Acanthodus Pyle and Barnes p. 59
2002Acanthodus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassCyclostomataRichards
orderConodontophorida
classConodontaPander 1856
orderProtopanderodontida
familyAcanthodontidaeLindström 1970
genusAcanthodus

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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Acanthodus uncinatus Furnish 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:46
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Early/Lower Devonian or 483.40000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (New Mexico) A. lineatus (203901 203902 203903 203904)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Texas) A. lineatus, A. sp. (203905) A. lineatus, A. uncinctus (203906)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Quebec) A. uncinatus (203942)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (New York) A. uncinatus (174039 174040 174041 174044 174045 174046 174047)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) A. sp. (4737 4738)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (British Columbia) A. lineatus (203831) A. lineatus, A. uncinatus (203827 203828 203829 203830 203832 203833 203834 203849)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Colorado) A. lineatus (204049)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Sweden A. uncinatus (203725)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1South Korea (Kangweondo) A. lineatus (203851 203855 203856)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9275 9276 9285)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (South Australia) A. lineatus (203884)
Stairsian - Tulean483.4 - 475.3USA (Nevada) A. lineatus (204044 204046)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9307 9309 9310)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9312)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan448.8 - 448.8Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9313)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) A. sp. (216486)