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Acrodus sweetlacruzensis

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Taxonomy
Acrodus sweetlacruzensis was named by Johnson (1981). Its type specimen is SMP-SMU 64410, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West Franklin Bend C/ac WFBCac, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian marine horizon in Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Acrodus sweetlacruzensis Johnson p. 7 figs. 2,26-38,152-154

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—Hybodontida
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyAcrodontidaeCasier 1959
genusAcrodus
speciessweetlacruzensis

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available