Acanthodii - 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: Acanthoessus, Carycinacanthus, Homalacanthus, Howittacanthus, Protogonacanthus, Pseudacanthodes, Traquairichthys, Triazeugacanthus, Utahacanthus, Traquairia, Rhadinacanthus, Pelonectes, Holacanthodes, Heteracanthus, Machaerius, Halimacanthodes
Subtaxa: Acanthodes australis Acanthodes beecheri Acanthodes bourbonensis Acanthodes boyi Acanthodes bridgei Acanthodes bronni Acanthodes confusus Acanthodes gracilis Acanthodes guizhouensis Acanthodes lopatini Acanthodes marshi Acanthodes mitchelli Acanthodes nitidus Acanthodes ovensis Acanthodes peachi Acanthodes pollichiae Acanthodes punctatus Acanthodes pusillus Acanthodes pygmaeus Acanthodes rouvillei Acanthodes splendidus Acanthodes sulcatus Acanthodes ultimus Acanthodes wardi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Czechia (7 collections), France (3), Germany (4), United States (4: Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Belarus (1), China (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (10: Kansas, Montana, New Mexico)
• Devonian of Belarus (12), Estonia (1), Latvia (2), the Russian Federation (9), United States (1: Iowa)
Total: 71 collections including 81 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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