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Ctenacanthus
| Description | Ctenacanthus is a prehistoric cartilaginous fish genus. Remains have been found in the Bloyd Formation in Arkansas, United States (Carboniferous period) and in South America. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenacanthus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ctenacanthidae : Ctenacanthus | |||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ctenacanthus Agassiz, 1835 | |||||||||
| Name Published In | Poiss. Foss., 2 (1) | |||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenacanthus |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ctenacanthus abnormis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus acutus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus aequistriatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus angulatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus angustus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus burlingtonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus buttersi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus chemungensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus clarkii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus cliftonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus compressus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus coxianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus cylindricus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus decussatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus denticulatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus furcicarinatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus keokuk species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus laevis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus limaformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus littoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus longinodosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus lucasi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus major species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus marshi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus minor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus mutabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus obscuracostatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus ornatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus pellensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus pugiunculus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus pustulatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus randalli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus sculptus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus speciosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenacanthus venustus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Ctenacanthus crenatus McCoy, 1855 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Ctenacanthidae : Ctenacanthus crenatus |
| Ctenacanthus crenulatus Agassiz, 1837 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Ctenacanthidae : Ctenacanthus crenulatus |
References
| Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Poiss. Foss., 2 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!
