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Paracymatodus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes

Taxonomy
Paracymatodus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Janassidae by Jordan (1963); to Petalodontida by Zangerl (1981) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Petalodontiformes by Ginter et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Paracymatodus Jordan p. 593
1981Paracymatodus Zangerl p. 98
2002Paracymatodus Sepkoski
2010Paracymatodus Ginter et al. p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
genusParacymatodus

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: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:09:25
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:09:25
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available