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Sphenacanthidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)245148https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=245148
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Sphenacanthidae
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
infraclassEuselachii
familySphenacanthidaeMaisey 1982
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sphenacanthidaefamilybelongs to Ctenacanthoideastated with evidenceIvanov, 1999
Sphenacanthidaefamilybelongs to Euselachiistated with evidenceGinter et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)13
First Recorded Appearance372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance265 - 260 Ma
Permian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Chondrichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Ginter, O. Hampe, and C. J. Duffin. 2010. Chondrichthyes, Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. In H.P. Schultze (ed.), Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3D:1-168

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Khuffia
genus
listed (PBDB)14269 Ma
Permian
269 Ma
Permian
Sphenacanthus
genus
listed (PBDB)7372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
265 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1982Sphenacanthidae Maisey
1999Sphenacanthidae Ivanov p. 278
2010Sphenacanthidae Ginter et al. p. 100
2013Sphenacanthidae Ivanov et al. p. 154

References

Ginter M., Hampe O., et al (2010) Chondrichthyes, Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3D, 1-168
Ivanov A. (1999) Late Devonian - Early Permian chondrichthyans of the Russian Arctic, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 3, 267-285
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
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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