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Ctenoptychius stevensoni

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Belantseidae

Taxonomy
Ctenoptychius stevensoni was named by St. John and Worthen (1875) [type is lost and generic allocation is probably wrong: Lund 1989].

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Ctenoptychius stevensoni St. John and Worthen p. 383
1902Ctenoptychius stevensoni Hay p. 282

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyBelantseidae
genusCtenoptychius
speciesstevensoniSt. John and Worthen 1875

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.

Ctenoptychius stevensoni St. John and Worthen 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available