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Platyacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Platyacanthus was named by Fritsch (1889). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Xenacanthidae by Zangerl (1981).

Species
P. americanus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. avirostratus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Platyacanthus Fritsch
1981Platyacanthus Zangerl p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyXenacanthidaeFritsch 1889
genusPlatyacanthusFritsch 1889

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. †Platyacanthus Fritsch 1889
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†Platyacanthus americanus Hussakof 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:25:48
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:25:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Anodontacanthus americanus (132657 132661)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) P. avirostratus (216410 221391)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Anodontacanthus americanus (132662 132663 132665)