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Acrodus spitzbergensis

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Taxonomy
Acrodus spitzbergensis was named by Hulke (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saurie Hook, Ice Fjord, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Acrodus spitzbergensis Hulke p. 10
1918Acrodus spitzbergensis Stensiö p. 76
1996Acrodus spitzbergensis Rieppel et al. p. 502 figs. 2e-f
2004Acrodus spitzbergensis Błażejowski p. 160 fig. 8
2018Acrodus spitzbergensis Bratvold et al. p. 199 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyAcrodontidaeCasier 1959
genusAcrodus
speciesspitzbergensis

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.

Acrodus spitzbergensis Hulke 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Bithynian or 251.30000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Acrodus spitzbergensis (120222 120306 120365 type locality: 149381 196857)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Acrodus spitzbergensis (118074 153411)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Acrodus spitzbergensis (93564)