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Polyacrodus cloacinus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus cloacinus was named by Quenstedt (1858). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Polyacrodus cloacinus by Duffin and Delsate (1993) and Skinner et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Hybodus cloacinus Quenstedt
1889Hybodus cloacinus Woodward p. 256
1908Hybodus cloacinus Amthor p. 95 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1977Hybodus cloacinus Duffin and Gazdzicki p. 336
1993Hybodus cloacinus Duffin p. 47 figs. text-figs 1a-b
1993Polyacrodus cloacinus Duffin and Delsate p. 37 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2
2020Polyacrodus cloacinus Skinner et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyPolyacrodontidae
genusPolyacrodus
speciescloacinus(Quenstedt 1858)

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.

Polyacrodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858
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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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Sinemurian or 208.50000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Belgium Polyacrodus cloacinus (131520)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Jura) Hybodus cloacinus (60566)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Wales) Polyacrodus cloacinus (46077)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Hybodus cloacinus (53829 96617 120898 120928 122365 131728)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Poland Hybodus cloacinus (124679)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Vienna) Hybodus cloacinus (189823)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany Hybodus cloacinus (149329)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Luxembourg Hybodus cloacinus (67895)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom Hybodus cloacinus (137661)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Hybodus cloacinus (31772 31773)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Westphalia) Hybodus cloacinus (218156)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Belgium (Gaume) Polyacrodus cloacinus (139198 139199 139202 139204)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Champagne-Ardennes) Hybodus cloacinus (139922)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hybodus cloacinus (91635)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Hybodus cloacinus (122153)