Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Parent taxon: Ctenacanthidae according to R. Zangerl 1981
See also Hay 1902 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anodontacanthus ruthenorum, Bythiacanthus, Cladodoides, Cladodus, Cratoselache, Ctenacanthus, Glikmanius, Glymmatacanthus, Tamiobatis
Subtaxa: Acondylacanthus aequicostatus Acondylacanthus attenuatus Acondylacanthus browni Acondylacanthus colei Acondylacanthus distans Acondylacanthus gracilis Acondylacanthus gracillimus Acondylacanthus mudgianus Acondylacanthus nuperus Acondylacanthus rectus Acondylacanthus tenuistriatus
Type: Acondylacanthus gracilis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences
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