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Protriacanthus

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Protriacanthus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Protriacanthus gortanii.

It was assigned to Teleostei by Patterson (1964); to Acanthomorpha by Patterson (1993); to Protriacanthidae by Tyler and Sorbini (1996); and to Ctenothrissiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. gortanii (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Protriacanthus Patterson p. 429
1993Protriacanthus Patterson
1996Protriacanthus Tyler and Sorbini p. 27
2002Protriacanthus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
genusProtriacanthus

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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†Protriacanthus gortanii d'Erasmo 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Slovenia P. gortanii (123579)