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Polyacrodus lapalomensis

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Polyacrodus lapalomensis was named by Johnson (1981). Its type specimen is SMP-SMU 64524, 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
1981Polyacrodus lapalomensis Johnson p. 11 figs. 2,75-98,174-177

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

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 lapalomensis Johnson 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available