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Acentrophorus

Osteichthyes - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Taxonomy
Acentrophorus was named by Traquair (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: P Djhu Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was assigned to Lepidotidae by Hay (1902), Rapp (1946); to Semionotiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Semionotidae by Woodward (1895), Gill (1923), Gardiner (1960), Tintori and Lombardo (2007).

Species
A. altus, A. chicopensis, A. glaphyrus (syn. A. abbsii), A. robustus, A. varians
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2023-07-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Acentrophorus Traquair
1895Acentrophorus Woodward p. 51
1902Acentrophorus Hay p. 374
1923Acentrophorus Gill
1946Acentrophorus Rapp p. 511
1960Acentrophorus Gardiner p. 338
2002Acentrophorus Sepkoski
2007Acentrophorus Tintori and Lombardo p. 371

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderSemionotiformes
familySemionotidae
genusAcentrophorusTraquair 1877

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. †Acentrophorus Traquair 1877
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†Acentrophorus altus Kirkby 1864
†Acentrophorus chicopensis Newberry 1888
†Acentrophorus glaphyrus Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Acentrophorus abbsii Kirkby 1862 [synonym]
†Acentrophorus robustus Brandt 2021
†Acentrophorus varians Kirkby 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:44
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:03:17
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kazanian to the top of the Illyrian or 274.40000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian277.3 - 266.9Russian Federation (Udmurtia) A. sp., A. varians (187322)
Late/Upper Kazanian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation A. varians (197540)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation A. varians (109484 197598 197601 198777)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Italy (Trentino Alto Adige) A. robustus (232567)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany A. glaphyurus (130273 130276)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (Durham) A. altus (232568) A. glaphyurus (131707 131709) Palaeoniscus glaphyrus (130868)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom A. glaphyurus (131704) A. varians (131701) A. varians, A. abbsi (131700 131702)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Palaeoniscus glaphyrus (90263 90264 90265 90266 90267 90268 90270 90273) Palaeoniscus varians, Palaeoniscus abbsii (122376)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (111729)