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Macrodontacanthus kingi ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)245657https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=245657
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Holocephali : Macrodontacanthus : Macrodontacanthus kingi
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
genusMacrodontacanthusRomer 1942
speciesMacrodontacanthus kingiRomer 1942
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Macrodontacanthus kingispeciesbelongs to Macrodontacanthusstated with evidenceRomer, 1942
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance290 - 279 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance290 - 279 Ma
Permian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Holocephali)
Dietcarnivore (based on Holocephali)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. S. Romer. 1942. Notes on certain American Paleozoic Fishes. American Journal of Science 240(3):216-228

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1942Macrodontacanthus kingi Romer p. 226 figs. pl. 1 figs 13-14

References

Romer A. S. (1942) Notes on certain American Paleozoic Fishes, American Journal of Science 240 3, 216-228
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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