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Onchidae

Acanthodii - Onchidae

Taxonomy
Onchidae is a family. Its type is Onchus.

It was assigned to Polyspondyli by Jordan (1963); and to Acanthodii by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Leptocheles, Naulas, Onchus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Onchidae Jordan p. 592
2019Onchidae van der Laan p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
familyOnchidae
familyOnchidae

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.

Fm. †Onchidae
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G. †Leptocheles M'Coy 1853
G. †Naulas Agassiz 1845
G. †Onchus Agassiz 1837
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†Onchus arcuatus Agassiz 1837
†Onchus besomensis White 1961
†Onchus clintoni Claypole 1885
†Onchus granulatus Roemer 1885
†Onchus graptolitarum Fritsch 1907
†Onchus hamatus Agassiz 1837
†Onchus latus Leriche 1931
†Onchus major Etheridge 1872
†Onchus murchisoni Agassiz 1837
†Onchus overathensis Gross 1937
†Onchus penetrans Bryant 1932
†Onchus pennsylvanicus Claypole 1885
†Onchus rarus Liepin'sh 1959
†Onchus rectus Eastman 1899
†Onchus semistriatus Agassiz 1837
†Onchus siluricus Fritsch 1907
†Onchus sublaevis Agassiz 1845
†Onchus tenuistriatus Agassiz 1837
†Onchus verus Schmidt 1954
†Onchus wheathillensis White 1961
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 Ludfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Severodvinian or 425.00000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Onchus sp. (8325)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom Onchus sp. (182239)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62United Kingdom (Shropshire) Onchus tenuistriatus (132714)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Estonia Onchus roemeri, Onchus tenuistriatus (13829) Onchus tenuistriatus (13830)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62United Kingdom (England) Onchus murchisoni (26915)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62United Kingdom Onchus murchisoni (239126) Onchus sp. (239127)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia Onchus sp. (13894)
Ohesaare421.6 - 419.62Estonia Onchus murchisoni, Onchus tenuistriatus (13831)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nova Scotia) Onchus sp. (14201)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (England) Onchus besomensis, Onchus wheathillensis (90352)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Norway Onchus sp. (237822)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62USA (Ohio) Onchus sp. (26874)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Bolivia Onchus punctuatus, Onchus sicaeformis, Onchus sp. (25592)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Wyoming) Onchus penetrans (26176)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Iran Onchus overathensis (239496)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Onchus sp. (27931)