†Harpacanthus Traquair 1886 (cartilaginous fish)
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Chondrichthyes - Holocephalimorpha
Full reference: R. Traquair. 1886. XLV.— On Harpacanthus, a new genus of Carboniferous Selachian Spines. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(108):493-496
Parent taxon: Holocephalimorpha according to R. Lund and E. Grogan 2004
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Harpacanthus fimbriatus
Type: Tristychius fimbriatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gilmerton Ironstone (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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