†Spinacanthus Agassiz 1835 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Protobalistidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (4me livraison) 33-52
Parent taxon: Protobalistidae according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
See also Agassiz 1835, Bannikov 2014, Santini and Tyler 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Tyler and Santini 2002
Sister taxon: Protobalistum
Subtaxa: Spinacanthus blennioides Spinacanthus cuneiformis Spinacanthus imperiale
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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