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Acrotemnus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Acrotemnus was named by Agassiz (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: K u].

It was assigned to Pycnodontes by Arambourg and Joleaud (1943); to Pycnodontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pycnodontidae by Shimada et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Acrotemnus Agassiz figs. Pl 66a
1943Acrotemnus Arambourg and Joleaud p. 40
2002Acrotemnus Sepkoski
2010Macropycnodon Shimada et al.
2021Acrotemnus Shimada et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
genusAcrotemnus

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. †Acrotemnus Agassiz 1837
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Acrotemnus faba Agassiz 1837
Acrotemnus streckeri Hibbard 1939
Invalid names: Macropycnodon Shimada et al. 2010 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) A. faba (75235 75237)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) A. streckeri (220337)