Acanthorhina Fraas 1910 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Full reference: E. Fraas. 1910. Chimäridenreste aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 66:55-63

Parent taxon: Myriacanthidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006

See also Duffin 1983, Fraas 1910 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agkistracanthus, Alethodontus, Halonodon, Metopacanthus, Myriacanthus, Oblidens, Recurvacanthus

Subtaxa: Acanthorhina jaekeli

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Type: Acanthorhina jaekeli

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Holzmaden, epsilon II-3 (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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