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Acanthodes bronni

Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoessus bronni was named by Agassiz (1833). Its type specimen is H.G. Bronn Collection (according to A.S. Woodward), a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acanthodes bronnii by Agassiz (1835); it was considered a nomen nudum by Agassiz (1832); it was recombined as Acanthodes bronni by Agassiz (1833), Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Denison (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Acanthodes bronni Agassiz p. 3 figs. Vol 1, Pl A, fig 1
1833Acanthoessus bronni Agassiz p. 20 figs. Pl 1
1835Acanthodes bronnii Agassiz p. 124
1891Acanthodes bronni Woodward p. 5
1902Acanthodes bronni Hay p. 273
1979Acanthodes bronni Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
orderAcanthodiformesBerg 1940
familyAcanthodidaeHuxley 1861
genusAcanthodes
speciesbronni()

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.

Acanthodes bronni Agassiz 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-09-24 07:51:17
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:07:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Rhineland-Pfalz) Acanthodes bronni (180783)