Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Full reference: E. Stromer. 1927. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman) 9. Die Plagiostomen, mit einem Anhang über käno- und mesozoische Rückenflossenstacheln von Elasmobranchiern. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung 31(5):1-64
Belongs to Asteracanthus according to C. Werner 1989
See also Cappetta 1972, Stromer 1927 and Tabaste 1963
Sister taxa: Asteracanthus acutus, Asteracanthus compressus, Asteracanthus granulosus, Asteracanthus magnus, Asteracanthus medius, Asteracanthus minor, Asteracanthus ornatissimus, Asteracanthus papillosus, Asteracanthus semisulcatus, Asteracanthus siderius, Asteracanthus somaensis, Asteracanthus tenuis
Type specimen: BSP 1912 VIII 46, an other (fin spine). Its type locality is Gebel el Dist Sockel, bed 7n, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine claystone in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (9 collections), Niger (4), Sudan (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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