Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)
Parent taxon: Ctenacanthidae according to A. O. Ivanov and O. A. Lebedev 2014
See also Duffin and Ginter 2006, Ginter et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Itano et al. 2003, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Williams 2001 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: Acondylacanthus, Anodontacanthus ruthenorum, Bythiacanthus, Cladodoides, Cladodus, Cratoselache, Glikmanius, Glymmatacanthus, Tamiobatis
Subtaxa: Ctenacanthus abnormis Ctenacanthus acutus Ctenacanthus aequistriatus Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias Ctenacanthus angulatus Ctenacanthus angustus Ctenacanthus burlingtonensis Ctenacanthus buttersi Ctenacanthus chemungensis Ctenacanthus clarkii Ctenacanthus cliftonensis Ctenacanthus compressus Ctenacanthus costatus Ctenacanthus coxianus Ctenacanthus crenatus Ctenacanthus crenulatus Ctenacanthus cylindricus Ctenacanthus decussatus Ctenacanthus denticulatus Ctenacanthus depressus Ctenacanthus elegans Ctenacanthus excavatus Ctenacanthus fallax Ctenacanthus formosus Ctenacanthus furcicarinatus Ctenacanthus gemmatus Ctenacanthus gracillimus Ctenacanthus gradocostatus Ctenacanthus gurleyi Ctenacanthus keokuk Ctenacanthus laevis Ctenacanthus littoni Ctenacanthus major Ctenacanthus marshii Ctenacanthus mayi Ctenacanthus minor Ctenacanthus mutabilis Ctenacanthus obscuracostatus Ctenacanthus ornatus Ctenacanthus pellensis Ctenacanthus pugiunculus Ctenacanthus pustulatus Ctenacanthus randalli Ctenacanthus sculptus Ctenacanthus similis Ctenacanthus speciosus Ctenacanthus triangularis Ctenacanthus venustus Ctenacanthus vetustus Ctenacanthus wrighti Ctenacanthus xiphias
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (2 collections), Germany (5), India (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (10: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Greenland (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (14: Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico)
• Devonian of Brazil (2), United States (2: Ohio)
Total: 45 collections including 47 occurrences
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