†Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz 1836 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Synonym: Desmacanthus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)

Belongs to Nemacanthus according to L. Agassiz 1837

See also Agassiz 1836, Amthor 1908 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Nemacanthus bosnensis, Nemacanthus elegans, Nemacanthus filifer, Nemacanthus minor, Nemacanthus speciosus

Type specimens:

  • Nemacanthus monilifer: Its type locality is Rhaetic Bone Bed, Aust Cliff, which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom
  • Desmacanthus cloacinus:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Belgium (2 collections), France (6), Germany (3), Luxembourg (2), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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