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Striacanthus

Acanthodii

Taxonomy
Striacanthus was named by Hills (1931).

It was assigned to Acanthodii by Denison (1979).

Species
S. sicaeformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Striacanthus Hills
1979Striacanthus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
genusStriacanthusHills 1931

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. †Striacanthus Hills 1931
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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 Pragian to the top of the Late/Upper Givetian or 413.02000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian - Eifelian413.02 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) S. sp. (235896)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Australia (Victoria) S. sicaeformis (239411)