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Bransonella

Chondrichthyes - Bransonelliformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Bransonella Harlton p. 14
1981Bransonella Zangerl p. 65
1999Bransonella Ivanov p. 277
2007Bransonella Hampe and Ivanov p. 193
2009Bransonella Johnson and Thayer p. 663
2010Bransonella Ginter et al. p. 42
2013Bransonella Elliott and Hodnett p. 1137
2018Bransonella Cuny and Stemmerik p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderBransonelliformes
genusBransonella

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.

G. †Bransonella Harlton 1933
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Bransonella lingulata Ivanov and Ginter 1996
Bransonella nebraskensis Johnson 1984
Bransonella tribula Elliott and Hodnett 2013
Bransonella tridentata Harlton 1933
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 Tournaisian to the top of the Roadian or 358.90000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Russian Federation (Pechora) B. sp. (133362)
Tournaisian - Visean358.9 - 330.9China (Gansu) B. sp. (120300)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Russian Federation (Komi) B. nebraskensis (133366)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Arizona) B. sp., B. nebraskensis, B. lingulata (131603)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) B. tridentata (132869)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Greenland B. spp. (198286)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) B. lingulata (223893)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Xenacanthus luedersensis (130825)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) B. tribula (132087)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) B. tribula (152132)