Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Alternative spelling: Stichaeacanthus

Parent taxon: Janassidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Cholodus, Ctenopetalus, Cymatodus, Dactylodus, Fissodus, Gamphacanthus, Gomphacanthus, Janassa, Petalodopsis, Phoderacanthus, Platacanthus, Pnigeacanthus, Pristicladodus, Thoracodus

Subtaxa: Stichacanthus coemansi Stichacanthus tortworthensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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