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Brachyacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Climatiiformes - Climatiidae

Taxonomy
Brachyacanthus was named by Egerton (1860). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Diplacanthidae by Jordan (1963); and to Climatiidae by Egerton (1860) and Denison (1979).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Brachyacanthus Egerton
1963Brachyacanthus Jordan p. 591
1979Brachyacanthus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderClimatiiformesBerg 1940
familyClimatiidaeBerg 1940
genusBrachyacanthusEgerton 1860

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. †Brachyacanthus Egerton 1860
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Brachyacanthus scutiger Egerton 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available