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Acanthodina

Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Multioistodontidae

Taxonomy
Acanthodina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Multioistodontidae by Clark et al. (1981); and to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Acanthodina Clark et al. p. W138
2002Acanthodina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumConodontophorida()
classConodonta
orderPrioniodontida(Dzik 1976)
familyMultioistodontidaeHarris 1964
genusAcanthodina

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:46
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Cautleyan or 453.00000 to 445.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc460.9 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9307)
Sandbian - Katian458.4 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. regularis (206485)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan455.8 - 445.6Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9313)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9311)
Pusgillian449.5 - 445.6Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9312)