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Arctacanthus exiguus

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes

Taxonomy
Arctacanthus exiguus was named by Yamagishi (2004). Its type specimen is UMUT MV28460-1, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample 1675, Taho Limestone, Shirokawa-cho, Higashiuwa-gun, which is in an Anisian marine limestone in the Taho Limestone Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Arctacanthus exiguus Yamagishi p. 567 figs. 3.1-3.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
genusArctacanthus
speciesexiguus

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Arctacanthus exiguus Yamagishi 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available