†family Diplacanthidae Woodward 1891 (spiny fish)

Chondrichthyes - Diplacanthiformes - Diplacanthidae

Parent taxon: Diplacanthiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

See also Anderson 2001, Denison 1979, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Olive et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Bryantonchus, Devononchus, Gladiobranchidae

Subtaxa: Diplacanthus Florestacanthus Gladiobranchus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Belarus (5 collections), Canada (1: Quebec), Colombia (1), Estonia (3), Latvia (1), South Africa (1)

Total: 12 collections including 16 occurrences

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