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Pnigeacanthus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Taxonomy
Pnigeacanthus was named by St John and Worthen (1883).

It was synonymized subjectively with Oracanthus by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Janassidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Pnigeacanthus St John and Worthen p. 425
1963Pnigeacanthus Jordan p. 593

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyJanassidaeJaekel 1899
genusPnigeacanthusSt John and Worthen 1883

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. †Pnigeacanthus St John and Worthen 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available