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Asteracanthus magnus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Taxonomy
Strophodus magnus was named by Agassiz (1838).

It was recombined as Asteracanthus magnus by Rees and Underwood (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. lepidus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Strophodus magnus Agassiz p. 126
1843Strophodus magnus Agassiz figs. Pl 18, figs 11-15
1864Strophodus magnus Costa p. 86
1889Strophodus magnus Woodward p. 314
2008Asteracanthus magnus Rees and Underwood p. 133 figs. pl. 5, figs. 1-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyAcrodontidaeCasier 1959
subfamilyAcrodontinaeMaisey 1989
genusAsteracanthus
speciesmagnus()

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.

†Asteracanthus magnus Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available