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Ischnacanthida

Chondrichthyes - Ischnacanthida

Taxonomy
Ischnacanthida was named by Berg (1940). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acanthodii by Denison (1979); and to Acanthodii by Janvier and Riglos (1986) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Ischnacanthida Berg
1979Ischnacanthida Denison
1986Ischnacanthida Janvier and Riglos
2002Ischnacanthida Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassAcanthodii(Owen 1846)
orderIschnacanthidaBerg 1940
orderIschnacanthidaBerg 1940

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.

Or. †Ischnacanthida Berg 1940
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G. †Atopacanthus Hussakof and Bryant 1920
G. †Poracanthodes Brotzen 1934
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Poracanthodes menneri Valiukevious 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-09 04:51:47
Modified: 2009-12-09 06:55:12
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Carroll 1988, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 425.60000 to 364.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0China (Yunnan) Poracanthodes qujingensis (27796)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0China (Junnan) Poracanthodes qujingensis (182558)
Ohesaare421.5 - 419.2Estonia (Saare) Poracanthodes punctatus (193837)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Bolivia Ischnacanthida indet. (25592)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation Atopacanthus sp. (90343)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Atopacanthus sp. (226077 226078)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) Ischnacanthida indet. (226045)