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Acandylacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes

Taxonomy
Acandylacanthus was named by St. John and Worthen (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l Sepkoski's reference number: 451]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Acandylacanthus St. John and Worthen
2002Acandylacanthus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderCtenacanthiformes(Cappetta 1988)
genusAcandylacanthusSt. John and Worthen 1875

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.

G. †Acandylacanthus St. John and Worthen 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available