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Diplacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Diplacanthiformes - Diplacanthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Diplacanthus Agassiz p. 175
1859Diplacanthus Owen p. 123
1891Diplacanthus Woodward p. 23
1902Diplacanthus Hay p. 274
1963Diplacanthus Jordan p. 591
1979Diplacanthus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderDiplacanthiformesBerg 1940
familyDiplacanthidaeWoodward 1891
genusDiplacanthus

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. †Diplacanthus Agassiz 1843
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Diplacanthus balticus Gross 1973
Diplacanthus carinatus Gross 1973
Diplacanthus ellsi Gagnier 1996
Diplacanthus horridus Woodward 1892
Diplacanthus longispinus Agassiz 1844
Diplacanthus striatus Agassiz 1844
Diplacanthus tenuistriatus Traquair 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-09-24 07:51:17
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:07:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Famennian or 402.50000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Belarus (Gormel) D. sp. (232955)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Latvia D. sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belarus (Vitebsk) D. sp. (232958)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belarus D. gravis (225885 225886)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Estonia D. gravis (225803 225804) D. gravis, D. sp., D. carinatus (225851)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Belarus D. gravis (225887)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Quebec) D. ellsi, D. horridus (179176)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9South Africa (Eastern Cape) D. acus (68049)