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Dabasacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Taxonomy
Dabasacanthus was named by Zangerl (1979) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-u Sepkoski's reference number: 451]. It is not extant. Its type is Dabasacanthus inskasi.

It was assigned to Ctenacanthoidei by Zangerl (1979); to Hybodontoidea by Zangerl (1981); to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lonchidiidae by Ginter et al. (2010).

Species
D. inskasi (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Vazquez on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Dabasacanthus Zangerl p. 481
1981Dabasacanthus Zangerl p. 58
2002Dabasacanthus Sepkoski
2010Dabasacanthus Ginter et al. p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
infraclassHybodonta
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyLonchidiidae
genusDabasacanthus

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.

G. †Dabasacanthus Zangerl 1979
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Dabasacanthus inskasi Zangerl 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) D. inskasi (132078)