Acanthodes Agassiz 1833 (spiny fish)

Chondrichthyes - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48

Parent taxon: Acanthodidae according to R. Denison 1979

See also Carroll 1988, Dana 1851, Gunnell 1933, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Carycinacanthus, Cheiracanthus, Homalacanthus, Protogonacanthus, Pseudacanthodes, Traquairichthys, Triazeugacanthus, Utahacanthus

Subtaxa: Acanthodes australis Acanthodes beecheri Acanthodes bridgei Acanthodes bronni Acanthodes gracilis Acanthodes guizhouensis Acanthodes marshi Acanthodes mitchelli Acanthodes nitidus Acanthodes ovensis Acanthodes peachi Acanthodes punctatus Acanthodes pusillus Acanthodes pygmaeus Acanthodes rouvillei Acanthodes sulcatus Acanthodes wardi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Wolfcamp of United States (1: New Mexico collection)

• Permian of the Czech Republic (7), France (2), United States (3: Kansas, Oklahoma)

• Virgilian of United States (5: Kansas, New Mexico)

• Carboniferous of Belarus (1), China (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (5: Montana, New Mexico)

• Devonian of Belarus (9), Estonia (1), Latvia (2), the Russian Federation (9), United States (1: Iowa)

Total: 61 collections including 70 occurrences

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