Gyracanthus formosus Agassiz 1836 (spiny fish)

Chondrichthyes - Climatiiformes - Gyracanthidae

Alternative combination: Gyracanthus formosissimus

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)

Belongs to Gyracanthus according to R. Denison 1979

See also Agassiz 1836, Agassiz 1837, Agassiz 1843, Hay 1902, King 1850 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Gyracanthus alleni, Gyracanthus alnwicensis, Gyracanthus compressus, Gyracanthus convexus, Gyracanthus cordatus, Gyracanthus duplicatus, Gyracanthus falciformis, Gyracanthus incurvus, Gyracanthus inornatus, Gyracanthus magnificus, Gyracanthus nobilis, Gyracanthus obliquus, Gyracanthus parvulus, Gyracanthus primaevus, Gyracanthus rectus, Gyracanthus rothrocki, Gyracanthus sarlei, Gyracanthus sherwoodi, Gyracanthus tuberculatus, Gyracanthus youngii

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gyracanthus formosus in the database

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