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Alternognathus

Taxonomy
Alternognathus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Conodontophorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Alternognathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumConodontophorida()
genusAlternognathus

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
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-09-24 07:52:01
Modified: 2004-10-20 05:00:26
Source: o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 372.20000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Poland A. sp. (70066 70211)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany A. regularis (158181)