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Sinacanthus
Taxonomy
Sinacanthus was named by P'an Kiang (1959). Its type is Sinacanthus wuchangensis. It is the type genus of Sinacanthidae.
It was assigned to Acanthodii by Denison (1979); and to Sinacanthidae by Min (1998).
It was assigned to Acanthodii by Denison (1979); and to Sinacanthidae by Min (1998).
Species
S. triangulatus, S. wuchangensis (syn. S. fancunensis) (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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. †Sinacanthus P'an Kiang 1959
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†Sinacanthus triangulatus P'an and Liu 1975
†Sinacanthus wuchangensis P'an Kiang 1958
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Invalid names: Sinacanthus fancunensis Liu 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Early/Lower Devonian or 438.60000 to 393.47000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Telychian | China (Anhui) | S. sp. (182529) S. sp., S. wuchangensis (182530) | |
| Telychian | China (Hubei) | S. sp. (182528) S. wuchangensis, S. triangulatus (182537) | |
| Telychian | China ( Guizhou) | S. sp. (182546) | |
| Telychian | China (Chongqing) | S. sp. (182548) | |
| Telychian | China (Jiangsu) | S. sp. (182533) | |
| Telychian | China (Xinjiang) | S. sp. (182488) S. sp., S. wuchangensis (182524) S. sp., S. wuchangensis, S. triangulatus (182523) | |
| Telychian | China (Hunan) | S. sp. (182544) S. spp., S. wuchangensis (182545) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | China (Anhui) | S. sp., S. wuchangensis (182536) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | China (Jiangxi) | S. sp. (182540) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | China (Hunan) | S. sp. (182543) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | China (Xinjiang) | S. wuchangensis, S. triangulatus (182525) | |
| Telychian - Sheinwoodian | China (Hubei) | S. sp. (182538) | |
| Sheinwoodian | China (Zhejiang) | S. sp. (182535) | |
| Wenlock | China (Jiangsu) | S. sp. (27750 27751) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Bolivia | S. boliviensis, S. sp. (25592) |