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Lepacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Lepacanthus was named by Arthaber (1896). Its type is Lepacanthus gracilis.

It was assigned to Xenacanthidae by Arthaber (1896).

Species
L. gracilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Lepacanthus Arthaber p. 108

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

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. †Lepacanthus Arthaber 1896
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†Lepacanthus gracilis Arthaber 1896
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 244.24000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Austria L. gracilis (186975)