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Cladodus elegans

Platysomiformes - Coccocephalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Cladodus elegans was named by Newberry and Worthen (1870).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Cladodus elegans Newberry and Worthen p. 354 figs. Pl 4, fig 9
1875Cladodus intercostatus St John and Worthen p. 267 figs. Pl 4, fig 11
1883Cladodus mucronatus Davis p. 384 figs. Pl 49, fig 21
1902Cladodus elegans Hay p. 268
1902Cladodus intercostatus Hay p. 269
2006Cladodus elegans Duffin and Ginter p. 260 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
familyCoccocephalichthyidaeFowler 1951
orderPlatysomiformes
orderDorypteriformes
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
RankNameAuthor
orderEurynotoidiformesMinikh and Minikh 1990
HalecostomiRegan 1903
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
orderHeteromi
familyHowqualepididae
familyIrajapintoseidaeBeltan 1990
familyMimiidaeGardiner 1993
superorderCtenacanthimorpha
orderCtenacanthiformes()
familyCtenacanthidaeDean 1909
genusCladodus
specieselegansRusconi 1948

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.

Cladodus elegans Newberry and Worthen 1870
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Invalid names: Cladodus intercostatus St John and Worthen 1875 [synonym], Cladodus mucronatus Davis 1883 [synonym]
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 06:57:49
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:57:49
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available