Utahacanthus guntheri Schultze 1990 (spiny fish)

Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Full reference: H. P. Schultze. 1990. A new acanthodian from the Pennsylvanian of Utah, U.S.A. and the distribution of otoliths in gnathostomes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(1):49-58

Belongs to Utahacanthus according to H. P. Schultze 1990

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BYUVP 10279, a skeleton. Its type locality is Traverse Range, Tidwell loc 2, Lehi, which is in a Bashkirian marginal marine shale in the Manning Canyon Formation of Utah.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Traverse Range, Tidwell loc 2, Lehi

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