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Adamantina

Chondrichthyes - Jalodontidae

Taxonomy
Adamantina was named by Bendix-Almgreen (1993). It is not extant. Its type is Adamantina benedictae.

It was assigned to Elasmobranchii by Ivanov (1999) and Ginter et al. (2010); and to Jalodontidae by Ivanov and Lebedev (2014) and Cuny and Stemmerik (2018).

Species
A. benedictae (type species), A. foliacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Adamantina Bendix-Almgreen
1999Adamantina Ivanov p. 278
2010Adamantina Ginter et al. p. 82
2014Adamantina Ivanov and Lebedev p. 1035
2018Adamantina Cuny and Stemmerik p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
superorderCladodontomorphi
familyJalodontidaeGinter et al. 2002
genusAdamantinaBendix-Almgreen 1993

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. †Adamantina Bendix-Almgreen 1993
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Adamantina benedictae Bendix-Almgreen 1993
Adamantina foliacea Ivanov 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Wordian or 358.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Russian Federation A. foliacea (133376)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Greenland A. foliacea (198286)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation A. foliacea (133279)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) A. foliacea (90292 90293)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation A. foliacea (133377)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation A. benedictae (164769)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) A. foliacea (132079)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation A. benedictae (164770)