Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Full reference: J. W. Davis. 1881. Notes on the fish-remains of the bone-bed at Aust, near Bristol; with the description of some new genera and species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 37:414-426
Belongs to Nemacanthus according to J. W. Davis 1881
Sister taxa: Nemacanthus bosnensis, Nemacanthus elegans, Nemacanthus filifer, Nemacanthus monilifer, Nemacanthus speciosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aust Cliff bone bed (Ord coll, Bristol), which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Aust Cliff bone bed (Ord coll, Bristol)
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