Bythiacanthus siderius Leidy 1870 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae

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 Bythiacanthus according to J. G. Maisey 1982

Sister taxa: Bythiacanthus brevis, Bythiacanthus ianishevskyi, Bythiacanthus lucasi, Bythiacanthus solidus, Bythiacanthus vanhornei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Glasgow, which is in a Devonian marine horizon in Kentucky

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bythiacanthus siderius in the database

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