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Acrodus scaber

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Taxonomy
Acrodus scaber was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Congress, lowest Triassic bone-bed, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Acrodus scaber Stensiö p. 20 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 20
2018Acrodus scaber Bratvold et al. p. 198 fig. 7

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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
speciesscaber

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 scaber Stensiö 1921
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Spathian or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian252.17 - 251.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Acrodus scaber (type locality: 120223)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Acrodus scaber (120306 196857)