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Dactylodus excavatus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Taxonomy
Dactylodus excavatus was named by Saint John and Worthen (1866).

It was recombined as Polyrhizodus excavatus by St. John and Worthen (1875) and Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Polyrhizodus digitatus by Lund (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Dactylodus excavatus Saint John and Worthen
1875Polyrhizodus excavatus St. John and Worthen
1902Polyrhizodus excavatus Hay p. 283

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyJanassidaeJaekel 1899
genusDactylodus
speciesexcavatusSaint John and Worthen 1866

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.

Dactylodus excavatus Saint John and Worthen 1866
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Diagnosis
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