†Amacanthus St John and Worthen 1875 (bullhead shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Parent taxon: Heterodontidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Acrodonchus, Centracion, Centrodus, Chalazacanthus, Drepanephorus, Echinodus, Gyropleurodus, Heterodontus, Hoplonchus, Hybodopsis, Lepracanthus, Lispacanthus, Paracestracion, Proheterodontus, Psilacanthus, Pycnacanthus, Rhabdiodus, Selachidea, Strongyliscus, Styracodus, Tropidodus
Subtaxa: Amacanthus gibbosus
Type: Homacanthus gibbosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amacanthus in the database
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