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Polyacrodus parvidens

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus parvidens was named by Woodward (1916). Its type specimen is BMNH, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Polyacrodus parvidens by Cappetta (1987) and Underwood and Rees (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Hybodus parvidens Woodward p. 12 figs. Pl. 2:8-14
1971Hybodus parvidens Thurmond p. 215
1987Polyacrodus parvidens Cappetta p. 37
2002Polyacrodus parvidens Underwood and Rees p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyPolyacrodontidae
genusPolyacrodus
speciesparvidens()

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.

Polyacrodus parvidens Woodward 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available