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Pronotacanthus

Osteichthyes - Protostomiidae

Taxonomy
Pronotacanthus was named by Woodward (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant Sepkoski's reference number: 915].

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Elopiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protostomiidae by Amalfitano et al. (2020).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Pronotacanthus Woodward
2002Pronotacanthus Sepkoski
2020Pronotacanthus Amalfitano et al. p. 289

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
EuteleosteiRosen 1973
familyProtostomiidaeArambourg 1943
genusPronotacanthus

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. †Pronotacanthus Woodward 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-21 04:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Rupelian or 85.70000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Anguilla sahelalmae (221157)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania P. sahelalmae (50344)