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Xenacanthus platypternus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
X. indicus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
X. ossiani

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyXenacanthidaeFritsch 1889
genusXenacanthusBeyrich 1848
speciesplatypternus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Leonardian or 279.30000 to 273.01000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Xenacanthus platypternus (85299 85300 85301)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Texas) Xenacanthus platypternus (177018)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Xenacanthus platypternus (67735 85556)