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Cheiracanthus brevicostatus

Chondrichthyes - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Taxonomy
Cheiracanthus brevicostatus was named by Gross (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Cheiracanthus brevicostatus Gross
1979Cheiracanthus brevicostatus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderAcanthodiformesBerg 1940
familyAcanthodidaeHuxley 1861
genusCheiracanthus
speciesbrevicostatusGross 1973

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.

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Givetian or 410.62000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) Cheiracanthus brevicostatus (232955 232956 232957)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Mogilev) Cheiracanthus brevicostatus (232954)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) Cheiracanthus brevicostatus (232958)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia Cheiracanthus brevicostatus (225851)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia Cheiracanthus brevicostatus (225778)