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Machaeracanthus bohemicus

Chondrichthyes - Machaeracanthidae

Taxonomy
Ctenacanthus bohemicus was named by Barrande (1872). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Machaeracanthus bohemicus by Woodward (1891) and Denison (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ctenacanthus bohemicus Barrande
1891Machaeracanthus bohemicus Woodward p. 124 fig. 52
1979Machaeracanthus bohemicus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
familyMachaeracanthidaeBurrow and Young 2005
genusMachaeracanthusNewberry 1857
speciesbohemicus(Barrande 1872)

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.

Machaeracanthus bohemicus Barrande 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available