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Phoebodus

Chondrichthyes - Phoebodontiformes - Phoebodontidae

Taxonomy
Phoebodus was named by St. John and Worthen (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife-u Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 884,898,1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Phoebodus sophiae.

It was assigned to Pleuracanthidae by Eastman (1903); to Cladodontidae by Hay (1902) and Jordan (1963); to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002); to Hybodontoidea by Irmis (2005); and to Phoebodontidae by Zangerl (1981), Williams (1985), Ivanov (1999), Ginter et al. (2008), Hairapetian et al. (2008) and Ginter et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Phoebodus St. John and Worthen
1902Phoebodus Hay p. 270
1903Phoebodus Eastman p. 195
1963Phoebodus Jordan p. 592
1981Phoebodus Zangerl p. 54
1985Phoebodus Williams p. 124
1999Phoebodus Ivanov p. 271
2002Phoebodus Sepkoski
2005Phoebodus Irmis p. 65
2008Phoebodus Ginter et al. p. 167
2008Phoebodus Hairapetian et al. p. 177
2010Phoebodus Ginter et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderPhoebodontiformesGinter et al. 2002
familyPhoebodontidae
genusPhoebodusSt. 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. †Phoebodus St. John and Worthen 1875
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Phoebodus bifurcatus Ginter and Ivanov 1992
Phoebodus densneptuni Eastman 1903
Phoebodus fastigatus Ginter and Ivanov 1992
Phoebodus latus Ginter and Ivanov 1995
Phoebodus macisaacsii Saint John and Worthen 1875
Phoebodus politus Newberry 1899
Phoebodus sophiae St. John and Worthen 1875
Phoebodus springeri Saint John and Worthen 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available