Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synonym: Desmacanthus Quenstedt 1858
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)
Parent taxon: Palaeospinacidae according to M. B. Koot et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Antrigoulia, Macrourogaleus, Palaeospinax, Palaeospinax priscus, Palidiplospinax, Synechodus
Subtaxa: Nemacanthus bosnensis Nemacanthus elegans Nemacanthus filifer Nemacanthus minor Nemacanthus monilifer Nemacanthus speciosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Belgium (2 collections), France (6), Germany (4), Luxembourg (2), Poland (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (2: Idaho)
• Permian of Oman (1)
Total: 31 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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