IRMNG - Orthacodontidae †

IRMNG taxon details

Orthacodontidae †

IRMNG_ID

100120 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:100120)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Hexanchiformes

Direct children (3)

Ordering

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Genus Sphenodus Agassiz, 1843 †
Genus Sphaenodus Costa, 1856 † accepted as Sphenodus Agassiz, 1843 †
Genus Orthacodus Woodward, 1889 † (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Orthacodontidae †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100120 on 2024-11-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-13 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (3)
Notes (2)

basis of record Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Pisces (Superclass) > Chondrichthyes (Class) > Elasmobranchii (Subclass) > Hexanchiformes (Order) > Orthacodontidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Jurassic (Sinemurian)-Palaeocene (Danian) [details]