Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Full reference: J. G. Maisey. 1982. Studies on the Paleozoic Selachian Genus Ctenacanthus Agassiz: No. 2. Bythiacanthus St. John and Worthen, Amelacanthus, New Genus, Eunemacanthus St. John and Worthen, Sphenacanthus Agassiz, and Wodnika Munster. American Museum Novitates 2722:1-24
Parent taxon: Ctenacanthidae according to J. G. Maisey 1982
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acondylacanthus, Bythiacanthus, Cladodoides, Cladodus, Cratoselache, Ctenacanthus, Eunemacanthus, Glikmanius, Glymmatacanthus, Tamiobatis
Subtaxa: Amelacanthus laevis Amelacanthus plicatus Amelacanthus pustulatus Amelacanthus sulcatus
Type: Onchus sulcatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Oman (1 collection)
• Permian of Oman (4), United States (1: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Arizona)
• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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