Obtusacanthus Hanke and Wilson 2004 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes

Full reference: G. F. Hanke and M. V. H. Wilson. 2004. New teleostome fishes and acanthodian systematics. Recent Advances in the Origins and Early Radiation of Vertebrates 189-216

Parent taxon: Chondrichthyes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

See also Hanke and Wilson 2004

Sister taxa: Acanthodii, Bradyodontida, Cladoselachimorpha, Clamydoselachidae, Ctenacanthimorpha, Ctenoptychius ordii, Desmiodontida, Doliodus, Duplisuggestus, Elasmobranchii, Elegestolepis, Eucentrurus, Fasciodus, Geisacanthus, Gogoselachus, Gracilisuggestus, Holocephali, Holocephalimorpha, Iniopterygia, Kathemacanthidae, Leonotus, Machichnus, Mongolepididae, Plesioselachus, Polymerolepidiformes, Proprigalea, Ptomacanthus, Pucapampella, Pucapumpella, Rhinobatiformes, Simmorius, Subterbranchialia, Thaumatacanthus

Subtaxa: Obtusacanthus corroconis

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Type: Obtusacanthus corroconis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Obtusacanthus in the database

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