Stethacanthus gansuensis Wang et al. 2004 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Full reference: N. Wang, J. Fan, and W. Wang. 2004. Early Carboniferous Fishes (Acanthodian, Actinopterygians, and Chondrichthyes) from the East Sector of North Qilian Mountain, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(2):89-110

Belongs to Stethacanthus according to N. Wang et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Cladodus hibberti, Stethacanthus altonensis, Stethacanthus compressus, Stethacanthus concavus, Stethacanthus depressus, Stethacanthus erectus, Stethacanthus exilis, Stethacanthus humilis, Stethacanthus longipeniculus, Stethacanthus praecursor, Stethacanthus productus, Stethacanthus tumidus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jingyuan Formation, Jingyuan, Gansu Province, which is in a Serpukhovian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Jingyuan Formation of China

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jingyuan Formation, Jingyuan, Gansu Province

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