Chondrichthyes - Euselachii - Sphenacanthidae
Full reference: A. Chahud, T. R. Fairchild, and S. Petri. 2010. Chondrichthyans from the base of the Irati Formation (Early Permian, Paraná Basin), São Paulo, Brazil. Gondwana Research 18:528-537
Belongs to Sphenacanthus according to A. Chahud et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Sphenacanthus aequistriatus, Sphenacanthus costellatus, Sphenacanthus hybodioides, Sphenacanthus hybodoides, Sphenacanthus marshi, Sphenacanthus riorastoensis, Sphenacanthus serrulatus
Type specimen: GP/2T-204, an other (finspine). Its type locality is Rio Cabeça, Santa Maria Homestead, which is in a Kungurian lacustrine sandstone in the Irati Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rio Cabeça, Santa Maria Homestead
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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