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Alethodontus bavariensis

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Taxonomy
Alethodontus bavariensis was named by Duffin (1983). Its type specimen is SMNS 51956, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brook 600 m southeast of Krappenroth, which is in a Planorbis marine sandstone in Germany. It is the type species of Alethodontus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Alethodontus bavariensis Duffin p. 2 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderMyriacanthoideiPatterson 1965
familyMyriacanthidae
genusAlethodontus
speciesbavariensis

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.

Alethodontus bavariensis Duffin 1983
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Diagnosis
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