| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Ctenacanthiformes : Ctenacanthidae : Ctenacanthus |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Ctenacanthus | genus | belongs to Ichthyodorulites | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Ctenacanthus | genus | belongs to Heterodontidae | stated without evidence | Jordan, 1963 | | Ctenacanthus | genus | belongs to Ctenacanthidae | stated with evidence | Zangerl, 1981 | | Ctenacanthus | genus | belongs to Ctenacanthidae | stated without evidence | Thurmond and Jones, 1981 | | Ctenacanthus | genus | belongs to Ctenacanthida | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Ctenacanthus | genus | belongs to Ctenacanthidae | stated with evidence | Itano et al., 2003 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 50 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 388 Ma
Devonian |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma
Permian |
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| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ctenacanthiformes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Ctenacanthiformes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel |
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| Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, viii-72 |
| 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 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816 |
| Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244 |
| Zangerl R. (1981) Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a |
| Williams M. E. (2001) Tooth retention in cladodont sharks: with a comparison between primitive grasping and swallowing, and modern cutting and gouging feeding mechanisms, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 2, 214-226 |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Itano W. M., Houck K. J., et al (2003) Ctenacanthus and other chondrichthyan spines and denticles from the Minturn Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Colorado, Journal of Paleontology 77, 524-535 |
| Duffin C. J., Ginter M. (2006) Comments on the selachian genus Cladodus Agassiz, 1843, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 2, 253-266 |
| Ginter M., Hampe O., et al (2010) Chondrichthyes, Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3D, 1-168 |
| Ivanov A. O., Lebedev O. A. (2014) Permian chondrichthyans of the Kanin Peninsula, Russia, Paleontological Journal 48, 1030-1043 |
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