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Orthacanthus tenuis (Woodward 1889)

The Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum
London, United Kingdom

Details

  • Title: Orthacanthus tenuis (Woodward 1889)
  • Type status: Syntype
  • State province: Scotland
  • Specific epithet: tenuis
  • Scientific name authorship: (Woodward 1889)
  • Order: Xenacanthida
  • Locality: Carluke
  • Latest period or highest system: Carboniferous
  • Latest era or highest erathem: Paleozoic
  • Latest epoch or Highest series: Pennsylvanian
  • Latest eon or highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Higher geography: Europe; British Isles; Scotland; Lanarkshire; Carluke
  • Higher classification: Chondrichthyes; Xenacanthida; Xenacanthidae
  • Group: Coal Measures Supergroup
  • Genus: Orthacanthus
  • Family: Xenacanthidae
  • Earliest period or lowest system: Carboniferous
  • Earliest era or lowest erathem: Paleozoic
  • Earliest epoch or lowest series: Pennsylvanian
  • Earliest eon or Lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Country: British Isles
  • Continent: Europe
  • Class: Chondrichthyes

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