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Culmacanthidae

Chondrichthyes - Climatiiformes - Culmacanthidae

Taxonomy
Culmacanthidae was named by Long (1983). It is not extant. Its type is Culmacanthus.

It was assigned to Climatiiformes by Long (1983); and to Diplacanthiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Culmacanthus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Culmacanthidae Long
2016Culmacanthidae Nelson et al. p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderClimatiiformesBerg 1940
familyCulmacanthidaeLong 1983
familyCulmacanthidaeLong 1983

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.

Fm. †Culmacanthidae Long 1983
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G. †Culmacanthus Long 1983
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Culmacanthus stewarti Hanke and Wilson 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-09 04:51:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 06:54:46
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available