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Cestracion sulcatus

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Taxonomy
Cestracion sulcatus was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH 25858, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cestracion sulcatus Woodward p. 333 figs. pl. XIII, figs. 11-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
—Selachii
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusCestracionde Blainville 1816
speciessulcatus

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.

†Cestracion sulcatus Woodward 1889
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Diagnosis
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