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Acondylacanthus browni

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Ctenacanthus browni was named by Branson (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Popo Agie Canyon, near Lander, which is in a Roadian marine shale in the Phosphoria Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Acondylacanthus browni by Maisey (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Ctenacanthus browni Branson p. 653 figs. Pl 4, fig 7; text-fig 6
1984Acondylacanthus browni Maisey p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderCtenacanthiformes(Cappetta 1988)
familyCtenacanthidaeDean 1909
genusAcondylacanthusJohn and Worthen 1875
speciesbrowni()

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.

Acondylacanthus browni Branson 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available