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Dicrenodus dentatus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Taxonomy
Pristicladodus dentatus was named by M'Coy (1848). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Dicrenodus dentatus by Woodward (1889); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharopsis prototypus by Hay (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Pristicladodus dentatus M'Coy
1855Pristicladodus dentatus M'Coy p. 642 figs. pl. 3G, fig. 2
1889Dicrenodus dentatus Woodward p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyHybodontidae()
genusDicrenodusRomanowski 1853
speciesdentatus(M'Coy 1848)

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.

†Dicrenodus dentatus M'Coy 1848
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Diagnosis
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