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Amelacanthus sulcatus

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Onchus sulcatus was named by Agassiz (1837).

It was recombined as Ctenacanthus sulcatus by Woodward (1891); it was recombined as Amelacanthus sulcatus by Koot et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Onchus sulcatus Agassiz p. 8
1843Onchus sulcatus Agassiz figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1891Ctenacanthus sulcatus Woodward p. 101
2013Amelacanthus sulcatus Koot et al. p. 329 figs. 10F-J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
genusAmelacanthus
speciessulcatus()

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.

Amelacanthus sulcatus Agassiz 1837
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Diagnosis
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