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Ctenacanthus excavatus

Platysomiformes - Coccocephalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Ctenacanthus excavatus was named by Saint John and Worthen (1875).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Ctenacanthus excavatus Saint John and Worthen
1902Ctenacanthus excavatus Hay p. 327

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
familyCoccocephalichthyidaeFowler 1951
orderPlatysomiformes
orderDorypteriformes
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
RankNameAuthor
orderEurynotoidiformesMinikh and Minikh 1990
HalecostomiRegan 1903
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
orderHeteromi
familyHowqualepididae
familyIrajapintoseidaeBeltan 1990
familyMimiidaeGardiner 1993
superorderCtenacanthimorpha
orderCtenacanthiformes()
familyCtenacanthidaeDean 1909
genusCtenacanthus
speciesexcavatusRusconi 1948

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.

Ctenacanthus excavatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:57:49
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:57:49
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available