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Acrodus oppenheimeri

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Taxonomy
Acrodus oppenheimeri was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Tschermak, which is in a Ladinian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Acrodus oppenheimeri Stensiö p. 21 figs. Pl. 3, Figs. 1-11
2018Acrodus oppenheimeri Bratvold et al. p. 200 fig. 9

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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
speciesoppenheimeri

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 oppenheimeri 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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Ladinian or 251.30000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Acrodus oppenheimeri (196857)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Acrodus oppenheimeri (type locality: 120224 120225 120226)