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Cochliodus acutus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)245862https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=245862
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Cochliodontiformes : Cochliodontidae : Cochliodus : Cochliodus acutus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassHolocephali
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderCochliodontiformesObruchev 1953
familyCochliodontidaeOwen 1867
genusCochliodusAgassiz 1838
speciesCochliodus acutusAgassiz 1843
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cochliodus acutusspeciesbelongs to Cochliodusstated without evidenceAgassiz, 1843
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance359 - 323 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance359 - 323 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cochliodontiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cochliodontiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. M'Coy. 1855. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes. British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1843Cochliodus acutus Agassiz
1855Cochliodus acutus M'Coy p. 621 figs. pl. 3I, fig. 24
1855Deltoptychius acutus Mcoy
1889Deltoptychius acutus Woodward p. 212
1902Deltoptychius acutus Hay p. 294

References

M'Coy F. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes, British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology, 407-666
Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1, 1-613
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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