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Haplacanthus

Acanthodii

Taxonomy
Haplacanthus was named by Agassiz (1845) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Fras Sepkoski's reference number: 455]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acanthoessidae by Jordan (1963); to Acanthodii by Denison (1979); and to Acanthodida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Haplacanthus Agassiz
1963Haplacanthus Jordan p. 591
1979Haplacanthus Denison
2002Haplacanthus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
genusHaplacanthusAgassiz 1845

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. †Haplacanthus Agassiz 1845
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Haplacanthus marginalis Agassiz 1845
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 Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 399.50000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) H. sp. (232957)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Latvia H. sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) H. marginalis (232958)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) H. marginalis (242242)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Brest) H. marginalis (242243 242244)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Russian Federation H. ehrmanensis (239155)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia H. ehrmanensis (225777)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation H. sp. (90343)