Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Protacrodontoidea

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Protacrodontoidea was named by Zangerl (1981).

It was assigned to Euselachii by Li (1988); and to Euselachii by Ginter et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Protacrodontoidea Zangerl
1988Protacrodontoidea Li p. 101
2010Protacrodontoidea Ginter et al. p. 86

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
superfamilyProtacrodontoidea
superfamilyProtacrodontoidea

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.

Superfm. †Protacrodontoidea Zangerl 1981
show all | hide all
hide
†Holmesella crassa Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella elongata Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella equilaterata Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella ornata Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella parallelata Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella parallella Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella quadrata Gunnel 1931
†Holmesella rhomboidelis Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella speni Gunnell 1933
†Holmesella triangularis Harlton 1933
†Holmesella wapanuckensis Harlton 1933
Fm. †Protacrodontidae Cappetta et al. 1993
hide
G. †Dalmehodus Long and Hairapetian 2000
G. †Deihim Ginter et al. 2002
G. †Protacrodus Jaekel 1925
+
†Protacrodus vetustus Jaekel 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Frasnian to the top of the Bithynian or 379.50000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Protacrodus sp. (232511 232512)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Russian Federation Protacrodus sp. (133345)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (New South Wales) Protacrodus sp. (232510)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Russian Federation Protacrodus vetustus (133356)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Belarus (Homel) Protacrodus sp. (232528)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Russian Federation Protacrodontidae indet. (133360) Protacrodus sp. (133361)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Russian Federation (Komi) Protacrodontidae indet. (133358)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Russian Federation (Pechora) Protacrodus aequalis (133362)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belarus (Homel) Protacrodus sp. (232527)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Holmesella sp. (6327 6329 6339 6342 6347 6372 6375 6394 6395 6415 6417 6428 6431 6433 6442)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Russian Federation Protacrodus sp. (133372)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Holmesella triangularis, Holmesella wapanuckensis (132868)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (South Dakota) Holmesella quadrata (132341)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Greenland Protacrodontidae indet. (198286)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Holmesella equilaterata, Holmesella parallelata (132618) Holmesella equilaterata, Holmesella parallella, Holmesella elongata (132625) Holmesella ornata (132623) Holmesella rhomboidelis (132632) Holmesella speni (132614)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Holmesella crassa (132617)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Holmesella quadrata (132372)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Poland Protacrodus sp. (149688)