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Pleuracanthus laevissimus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Pleuracanthus laevissimus was named by Agassiz (1837).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Pleuracanthus laevissimus Agassiz p. 64
1868Pleuracanthus levissimus Atthey p. 322
1889Pleuracanthus levissimus Woodward p. 5
1902Pleuracanthus laevissimus Hay p. 263

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyXenacanthidaeFritsch 1889
genusPleuracanthus
specieslaevissimus

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.

†Pleuracanthus laevissimus Agassiz 1837
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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

Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Moscovian or 323.40000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) Pleuracanthus laevissimus (132670)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9United Kingdom Pleuracanthus laevissimus (137307)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom Pleuracanthus laevissimus (137304 137305 137306 137308 137309 137310)