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Protodus

Chondrichthyes - Protodontidae

Taxonomy
Protodus was named by Woodward (1892). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pleuracanthidae by Hay (1902); to Cladodontidae by Jordan (1963); to Acanthodii by Denison (1979); and to Protodontidae by Turner and Miller (2008) and Ginter et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Protodus Woodward
1902Protodus Hay p. 266
1963Protodus Jordan p. 592
1979Protodus Denison
2008Protodus Turner and Miller p. 136
2010Protodus Ginter et al. p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
familyProtodontidaeWoodward 1932
genusProtodusWoodward 1892

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. †Protodus Woodward 1892
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Protodus jexi Woodward 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available