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Ischyodus townsendi

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Chimaera townsendii was named by Buckland (1835).

It was recombined as Ischyodon townsendi by Agassiz (1843); it was recombined as Chimaera (Ischyodon) townsendii by Agassiz (1843); it was recombined as Ischyodus townsendii by Woodward (1891) and Cvancara and Hoganson (1993); it was recombined as Ischyodus townsendi by Hoganson and Erickson (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Chimaera townsendii Buckland
1838Chimaera townsendii Agassiz figs. Pl 40, figs 20-22
1843Ischyodon townsendi Agassiz figs. Pl S, figs 3-5
1843Chimaera (Ischyodon) townsendii Agassiz p. 343 figs. Pl 40c, figs 17,18
1891Ischyodus townsendii Woodward p. 64
1993Ischyodus townsendii Cvancara and Hoganson p. 13
2005Ischyodus townsendi Hoganson and Erickson p. 715

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
familyCallorhynchidae(Garman 1901)
genusIschyodusEgerton 1843
speciestownsendi(Buckland 1835)

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.

Ischyodus townsendi Buckland 1835
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Diagnosis
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