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Cheiracanthus

Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Cheiracanthidae

Taxonomy
Cheiracanthus was named by Agassiz (1835). It is the type genus of Cheiracanthidae.

It was assigned to Acanthodii by Owen (1859); to Acanthoessidae by Hay (1902), Jordan (1963); to Acanthodidae by Woodward (1891), Denison (1979); and to Cheiracanthidae by van der Laan (2019).

Species
C. brevicostatus, C. grandispinus, C. latus, C. longicostatus, C. minor, C. murchisoni, C. splendens
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. crassus, C. gibbosus
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2011-12-17; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-07-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Cheiracanthus Agassiz p. 125
1859Cheiracanthus Owen p. 123
1891Cheiracanthus Woodward p. 16
1902Cheiracanthus Hay p. 274
1963Cheiracanthus Jordan p. 591
1979Cheiracanthus Denison
2019Cheiracanthus van der Laan p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
orderAcanthodiformesBerg 1940
familyCheiracanthidaeBleeker 1859
genusCheiracanthus

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. †Cheiracanthus Agassiz 1835
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†Cheiracanthus latus Egerton 1861
†Cheiracanthus minor Agassiz 1835
†Cheiracanthus murchisoni Agassiz 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available