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Stethacanthulus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)151715https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=151715
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Symmoriiformes : Symmoriidae : Stethacanthulus
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
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
superorderCladodontomorphiGinter et al. 2010
orderSymmoriiformes
familySymmoriidaeDean 1909
genusStethacanthulusZangerl 1990
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Stethacanthulusgenusbelongs to Stethacanthidaestated without evidenceZangerl, 1995
Stethacanthulusgenusbelongs to Falcatidaestated with evidenceGinter et al., 2010
Stethacanthulusgenusbelongs to Symmoriidaestated with evidenceIvanov et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance315 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance265 - 260 Ma
Permian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Symmoriiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Symmoriiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Zangerl. 1995. The problem of vast numbers of cladodont shark denticles in the Pennsylvanian Excello Shale of Pike County, Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 69(3):556-563

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Stethacanthulus longipeniculus
species
listed (PBDB)1311 Ma
Carboniferous
311 Ma
Carboniferous
Stethacanthulus meccaensis
species
listed (PBDB)14315 Ma
Carboniferous
265 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1990Stethacanthulus Zangerl
1995Stethacanthulus Zangerl p. 556
2010Stethacanthulus Ginter et al. p. 67
2013Stethacanthulus Ivanov et al. p. 154
2015Stethacanthulus Ivanov p. 302

References

Zangerl R. (1995) The problem of vast numbers of cladodont shark denticles in the Pennsylvanian Excello Shale of Pike County, Indiana, Journal of Paleontology 69 3, 556-563
Ginter M., Hampe O., et al (2010) Chondrichthyes, Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3D, 1-168
Ivanov A. O., Nestell G. P., et al (2013) Fish assemblage from the Capitanian (Middle Permian) of the Apache Mountains, west Texas, USA, The Carboniferous-Permian Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 60, 152-160
Ivanov A. O. (2015) Systematic paleontology, in Middle Permian fish microremains from the Early Capitanian of the Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA, Micropaleontology 61, 301-312
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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