IRMNG - Mesacanthidae Moy-Thomas, 1939 †

IRMNG taxon details

Mesacanthidae Moy-Thomas, 1939 †

IRMNG_ID

112671 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:112671)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Acanthodiformes †

Direct children (2)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Genus Promesacanthus Hanke, 2008 †
Genus Orcadacanthus Newman, De Blaauwen, Burrow, Jones & Davidson, 2023 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Mesacanthidae Moy-Thomas, 1939 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112671 on 2024-11-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-20 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-01-18 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (3)
Notes (3)

basis of record Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [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) > Acanthodii (Class) > Acanthodiformes (Order) > Mesacanthidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): MF; stratigraphic range: Devonian (Pragian)-Devonian (Frasnian) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]