Orthacanthus platypternus
(Redirected from Diacranodus platypternus)
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Ordo: † Xenacanthida
Familia: Orthacanthidae
Genus: Orthacanthus
Species: †Orthacanthus platypternus
Name[edit]
†Orthacanthus platypternus (Cope, 1884)
Synonyms[edit]
- †Didymodus platypternus Cope, 1884
- †Diacranodus platypternus (Cope, 1884)
- †Xenacanthus platypternus (Cope, 1884)
References[edit]
- Beck, K.G., Soler-Gijón, R., Carlucci, J.R. & Willis, R.E. 2016. Morphology and histology of dorsal spines of the xenacanthid shark Orthacanthus platypternus from the Lower Permian of Texas, USA: palaeobiological and palaeoenvironmental implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 61(1): 97–117. DOI: 10.4202/app.00126.2014 Reference page.
- Cope, E.D. 1884. On the structure of the skull in the elasmobranch genus Didymodus. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 21: 572–590. Reference page.