Diplacanthiformes

Extinct order of cartilaginous fishes

Diplacanthiformes
Temporal range: Devonian
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Diplacanthus acus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acanthodii
Order: Diplacanthiformes
Berg, 1940
Subgroups

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Diplacanthiformes (also known as Diplacanthida, Diplacanthoidei, or Diplacanthini) is an order of "acanthodian" stem-chondrichthyans which lived during the Devonian Period.[1]

Subtaxa

  • incertae sedis
    • Genus Bryantonchus
    • Genus Culmacanthus
    • Genus Devononchus
    • Genus Striacanthus
    • Genus Tetanopsyrus
  • Family Diplacanthidae
    • Genus Diplacanthus
    • Genus Milesacanthus
    • Genus Ptychodictyon
    • Genus Rhadinacanthus
  • Family Gladiobranchidae?
    • Genus Gladiobranchus
    • Genus Uraniacanthus?

References

  1. ^ Hanke, Gavin F.; Davis, Samuel P.; Wilson, Mark V.H. (2001). "New species of the acanthodian genus Tetanopsyrus from northern Canada, and comments on related taxa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (4): 740–753. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0740:NSOTAG]2.0.CO;2.
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Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes
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  • Cassidiceps
  • Euthacanthus
  • Latviacanthus
  • Ramirosuarezia?
Sinacanthidae
  • Hunanacanthus
  • Neosinacanthus
  • Sinacanthus
  • Tarimacanthus
"Ischnacanthiformes"
  • Acanthospina
  • Campylodus
  • Granulacanthus
  • Machaeracanthus?
  • Onchus
  • Serradentus
Acritolepidae
Ischnacanthidae
  • Arcticacanthus
  • Arenaceacanthus
  • Atopacanthus
  • Bracteatacanthus
  • Cacheacanthus
  • Erymnacanthus
  • Euryacanthus
  • Gomphonchus
  • Grenfellacanthus
  • Ischnacanthus
  • Marsdenius?
  • Persacanthus
  • Plectrodus
  • Rockycampacanthus
  • Rohonilepis
  • Taemasacanthus
  • Tricuspicanthus
  • Xylacanthus
Podoliacanthidae
Poracanthodidae
  • Gomphonchoporus
  • Machaeraporus
  • Obruchevacanthus?
  • Poracanthodes
  • Radioporacanthodes
  • Taimyrolepis
  • Trundlelepis
  • Zemlyacanthus
Diplacanthiformes
  • Bryantonchus
  • Culmacanthus?
  • Devononchus
  • Striacanthus
  • Tetanopsyrus
  • Uraniacanthus
Diplacanthidae
Acanthodiformes
  • Halimacanthodes
  • Howittacanthus
Acanthodidae
Cheiracanthidae
Mesacanthidae
"Climatiiformes"
and related taxa
Climatiidae
Gyracanthidae
"Conventionally defined
chondrichthyans"
    • see below↓
Ischnacanthus gracilis

Diplacanthus sp. Acanthodes lopatini

Brochoadmones milesi
"Conventionally defined chondrichthyans"
"Conventionally defined chondrichthyans"
Antarctilamnidae
Mcmurdodontidae
Pucapampellidae
  • Gydoselache
  • Pucapampella
Omalodontiformes
  • Siberiodus
Aztecodontidae
Omalodontidae
  • Doliodus?
  • Omalodus
  • Portalodus
"Ctenacanthiformes"
  • Neosaivodus
  • Saivodus
  • Sculptospina
  • Tamiobatis
Ctenacanthidae
Heslerodidae
Jalodontidae
  • Adamantina
  • Isacrodus
  • Jalodus
  • Keuperodus
  • Texasodus
Phoebodontidae
Symmoriiformes
Cladoselachidae?
Falcatidae
Symmoriidae
Bransonelliformes
Xenacanthiformes
Diplodoselachidae
  • Decentrodus
  • Diplodoselache
  • Hagenoselache
  • Hokomata
  • Lebachacanthus
  • Taquaralodus
Xenacanthidae
Crown-Chondrichthyes
Doliodus problematicus

Ctenacanthus concinnus Cobelodus sp.

Xenacanthus decheni
Incertae sedis scale-based taxa
Altholepidiformes?
Elegestolepidida?
  • Kannathalepis
Elegestolepididae
Mongolepidida?
  • Solinalepis
Mongolepididae
  • Mongolepis
  • Rongolepis
  • Sodolepis
  • Taklamakanolepis
  • Teslepis
Shiqianolepidae
  • Chenolepis
  • Shiqianolepis
  • Tielikewatielepis
  • Xiaohaizilepis
  • Xinjiangichthys
Tchunacanthidae
  • Fecundosquama
  • Lenacanthus
  • Tchunacanthus
Vesperaliidae
  • Acanthacanthus
  • Vesperalia
Others
  • Canyonlepis?
  • Frigorilepis?
  • Funicristata
  • Gualepis
  • Ivanelepis
  • Jolepis
  • Karksilepis
  • Lunalepis
  • Nobilesquama
  • Nostolepis
  • Nostovicina
  • Ohiolepis
  • Seretolepis
  • Tuvalepis
  • Wellingtonella?
  • Yuanolepis
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