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Pleuracanthus quadriseriatus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Orthacanthus quadriseriatus was named by Cope (1877). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pleuracanthus quadriseriatus by Hay (1902), Cope and Matthew (1915).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2006-01-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Orthacanthus quadriseriatus Cope p. 192
1902Pleuracanthus quadriseriatus Hay p. 264
1915Pleuracanthus quadriseriatus Cope and Matthew pp. Plate II

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
superorderXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyXenacanthidaeFritsch 1889
genusPleuracanthus
speciesquadriseriatus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:25:48
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:25:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available