Acanthoessus Agassiz 1832 (spiny fish)

Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1832. Untersuchungen über die fossilen Fische der Lias-Formation. Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 3:139-149

Parent taxon: Acanthodidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Agassiz 1832, Hay 1902 and Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Acanthodes, Carycinacanthus, Homalacanthus, Howittacanthus, Protogonacanthus, Pseudacanthodes, Traquairichthys, Triazeugacanthus, Utahacanthus, Halimacanthodes, Rhadinacanthus, Traquairia, Holacanthodes, Pelonectes, Machaerius, Heteracanthus

Subtaxa: Acanthoessus affinis Acanthoessus concinnus Acanthoessus pristis Acanthoessus semistriatus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthoessus in the database

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