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Polyacrodus polycyphus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus polycyphus was named by Agassiz (1843). It is the type species of Polyacrodus.

It was recombined as Polyacrodus polycyphus by Jaekel (1889), Maisey (1987) and Biddle (1993).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Hybodus polycyphus Agassiz p. 193
1861Orodus triadeus Schmid p. 11 figs. 38-40
1889Polyacrodus polycyphus Jaekel p. 324 figs. Pl 9, figs 5-9
1889Hybodus polycyphus Woodward p. 253
1987Polyacrodus polycyphus Maisey p. 27
1993Polyacrodus polycyphus Biddle p. 197

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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
speciespolycyphus()

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 polycyphus Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Orodus triadeus Schmid 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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