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Antacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Climatiiformes - Gyracanthidae

Taxonomy
Antacanthus was named by Dewalque (1877).

It was assigned to Janassidae by Jordan (1963); and to Gyracanthidae by Denison (1979).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Antacanthus Dewalque
1963Antacanthus Jordan p. 593
1979Antacanthus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderClimatiiformesBerg 1940
familyGyracanthidaeWoodward 1906
genusAntacanthus

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. †Antacanthus Dewalque 1877
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Antacanthus insignis Dewalque 1877
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-09 04:51:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 06:54:46
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Belgium A. insignis (238154)