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Asteracanthus ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Asteracanthus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 3.60 Ma Neogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Asteracanthus acutus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Asteracanthus aegyptiacus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Asteracanthus granulosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Asteracanthus magnus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Asteracanthus medius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Asteracanthus minor ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Asteracanthus ornatissimus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Asteracanthus papillosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Asteracanthus semisulcatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Asteracanthus siderius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Asteracanthus somaensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Asteracanthus tenuis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1837 | Asteracanthus Agassiz p. 31 |
1867 | Curtodus Sauvage |
1873 | Asteracanthus Leidy p. 353 |
1889 | Asteracanthus Woodward p. 307 |
1904 | Asteracanthus Chapman and Pritchard p. 271 |
1916 | Asteracanthus Woodward p. 16 |
1923 | Asteraganthus Jordan and Hanibal p. 32 |
1963 | Asteracanthus Jordan p. 595 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1963 | Curtodus Jordan p. 595 |
1963 | Asteracanthus Tabaste p. 460 |
1981 | Asteracanthus Rieppel p. 335 |
1987 | Asteracanthus Maisey p. 27 |
2002 | Asteracanthus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Asteracanthus Delsate p. 4 |
2008 | Asteracanthus Rees and Underwood p. 132 |
2018 | Asteracanthus Romano et al. |
References
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!