Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on ichthyorudiolites and on certain fossil Mammalia]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):12-13
Belongs to Asteracanthus according to J. Leidy 1873
See also Hay 1902, Leidy 1870 and Maisey 1982
Sister taxa: Asteracanthus acutus, Asteracanthus aegyptiacus, Asteracanthus compressus, Asteracanthus granulosus, Asteracanthus magnus, Asteracanthus medius, Asteracanthus minor, Asteracanthus ornatissimus, Asteracanthus papillosus, Asteracanthus semisulcatus, Asteracanthus somaensis, Asteracanthus tenuis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Glasgow, which is in a Devonian marine horizon in Kentucky
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Glasgow
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