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Scleracanthus

Coelacanthimorpha

Taxonomy
Scleracanthus was named by Stensiö (1921) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-l].

It was assigned to Coelacanthiformes by Forey (1998); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinistia by Schultze (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Scleracanthus Stensiö p. 111
1998Scleracanthus Forey p. 357
2002Scleracanthus Sepkoski
2004Scleracanthus Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
genusScleracanthus

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. †Scleracanthus Stensiö 1921
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Scleracanthus asper Stensiö 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen S. asper (120228 120232 120366)