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Acanthodus
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).
It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthodontidae by Pyle and Barnes (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Acanthodus Pyle and Barnes p. 59 |
| 2002 | Acanthodus Sepkoski |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gasconadian | USA (New Mexico) | A. lineatus (203901 203902 203903 203904) | |
| Gasconadian | USA (Texas) | A. lineatus, A. sp. (203905) A. lineatus, A. uncinctus (203906) | |
| Gasconadian | Canada (Quebec) | A. uncinatus (203942) | |
| Tremadocian | USA (New York) | A. uncinatus (174039 174040 174041 174044 174045 174046 174047) | |
| Tremadoc | China (Hubei) | A. sp. (4737 4738) | |
| Tremadoc | Canada (British Columbia) | A. lineatus (203831) A. lineatus, A. uncinatus (203827 203828 203829 203830 203832 203833 203834 203849) | |
| Tremadoc | USA (Colorado) | A. lineatus (204049) | |
| Tremadoc | Sweden | A. uncinatus (203725) | |
| Tremadoc | South Korea (Kangweondo) | A. lineatus (203851 203855 203856) | |
| Tremadoc | Russian Federation (Siberia) | A. sp. (9275 9276 9285) | |
| Lancefieldian | Australia (South Australia) | A. lineatus (203884) | |
| Stairsian - Tulean | USA (Nevada) | A. lineatus (204044 204046) | |
| Caradoc | Russian Federation (Siberia) | A. sp. (9307 9309 9310) | |
| Pusgillian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | A. sp. (9312) | |
| Rawtheyan - Cautleyan | Russian Federation (Siberia) | A. sp. (9313) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (216486) |