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Aulacosteus
Taxonomy
Aulacosteus was named by Eichwald (1846). It is the type genus of Ptyctodontidae.
It was assigned to Aulacosteidae by Fowler (1947); and to Ptyctodontidae by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Aulacosteidae by Fowler (1947); and to Ptyctodontidae by van der Laan (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Aulacosteus Eichwald |
| 1947 | Aulacosteus Fowler p. 6 |
| 2019 | Aulacosteus van der Laan p. 29 |
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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. †Aulacosteus Eichwald 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
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