Chondrichthyes - Listracanthidae
Full reference: D. M. Martill, P. J. A. Del Strother, and F. Gallien. 2014. Acanthorhachis, a new genus of shark from the Carboniferous (Westphalian) of Yorkshire, England. Geological Magazine 151:517-533
Parent taxon: Elasmobranchii according to D. M. Martill et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Amelacanthus, Annulicorona, Antarctilamniformes, Aporomicrodus, Arduodens, Carcharopsis, Carinasubcorona, Celtiberina, Cestraciontidae, Changxingselache, Cladodontomorphi, Cladodontomorphii, Cladodus hassiacus, Cladodus wildungensis, Cladoselachida, Cladoselachii, Complanicorona, Coniunctio, Coronodontida, Eunemacanthus, Euselachiformes, Euselachii, Fragilicorona, Galeiformes, Glabrisubcorona, Gondwanodus, Ichthyodorulites, Kannathalepididae, Labascicorona, Labrilancea, Leonodus, Lesnilomia, Lobaticorona, Meishanselache, Minuticorona, Myliobatiformes, Omalodontiformes, Oniscina, Ornathiliabrilance, Ornatilabrilancea, Orodontida, Osteodonti, Parvicorona, Parvidiabolus, Parviscapha, Phoebodontiformes, Physonemus, Plagiostomi, Platylithophycus, Pleuracanthidae, Pleuracanthodii, Pristiorajea, Proselachii, Protodontidae, Raineria, Rosaodus, Rugosicorona, Sacrisubcorona, Selachii, Selachimorpha, Serratocorona, Siamodus, Suaviloquentia, Undulaticorona, Xenacanthida, Xenacanthimorpha
Subtaxa: Acanthorhachis Listracanthus
Type: Listracanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (4: British Columbia collections)
• Permian of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of Belarus (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (5: Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence