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Protriacanthus
Taxonomy
Protriacanthus was named by d'Erasmo (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l K Ceno-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,915]. It is not extant. Its type is Protriacanthus gortanii. It is the type genus of Protriacanthidae.
It was assigned to Teleostei by Patterson (1964); to Acanthomorpha by Patterson (1993); to Ctenothrissiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protriacanthidae by Tyler and Sorbini (1996), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Teleostei by Patterson (1964); to Acanthomorpha by Patterson (1993); to Ctenothrissiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protriacanthidae by Tyler and Sorbini (1996), van der Laan (2019).
Species
P. gortanii (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1946 | Protriacanthus d'Erasmo |
| 1964 | Protriacanthus Patterson p. 429 |
| 1993 | Protriacanthus Patterson |
| 1996 | Protriacanthus Tyler and Sorbini p. 27 |
| 2002 | Protriacanthus Sepkoski |
| 2019 | Protriacanthus van der Laan p. 83 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, 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 |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Slovenia | P. gortanii (123579) |