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Dicentrodus belemnoides

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Diplodoselachidae

Taxonomy
Anodontacanthus belemnoides was named by Zidek (1978). Its type specimen is OUSM 00450 (spine) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waurika #1 site, near Wichita Falls, TX , which is in a Pennsylvanian lacustrine - large horizon in the Oscar Formation of Oklahoma.

It was recombined as Dicentrodus belemnoides by Hampe (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Anodontacanthus belemnoides Zidek pp. 1071 - 1072 fig. 2A
2003Dicentrodus belemnoides Hampe p. 205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
superorderXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyDiplodoselachidaeDick 1981
genusDicentrodusTraquair 1888
speciesbelemnoides()

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 mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:25:48
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:25:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pennsylvanian to the top of the Permian or 307.00000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Anodontacanthus belemnoides (type locality: 216409)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) Anodontacanthus belemnoides (221391)