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Watsonacanthus

Acanthodii - Climatiiformes - Climatiidae

Taxonomy
Watsonacanthus was named by Valiukevičius (1979). It is not extant. Its type is Watsonacanthus oervigi.

It was assigned to Climatiidae by Sallan et al. (2018).

Species
W. oervigi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Watsonacanthus Valiukevičius
2018Watsonacanthus Sallan et al. pp. Supplementary tables

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
orderClimatiiformesBerg 1940
familyClimatiidaeBerg 1940
genusWatsonacanthusValiukevičius 1979

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. †Watsonacanthus Valiukevičius 1979
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Watsonacanthus oervigi Valiukevičius 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-09 04:51:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 06:54:46
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Carroll 1988, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 399.50000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation W. oervigi (35715 35720)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Latvia W. sp. (226510)