Tetanopsyrus Gagnier et al. 1999 (spiny fish)

Acanthodii - Ischnacanthiformes - Tetanopsyridae

Full reference: P. Gagnier, G. Hanke, and M. Wilson. 1999. Tetanopsyrus lindoei gen. et sp. nov., an Early Devonian acanthodian from the Northwest Territories, Canada. Acta Geologica Polonica 49:81-96

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

See also Hanke and Wilson 2004

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Tetanopsyrus breviacanthias Tetanopsyrus lindoei

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Man On The Hill, UALVP locality 129 (Devonian of Northwest Territories)

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