Chondrichthyes - Harpacanthidae

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: Harpacanthidae according to L. Schnetz et al. 2024

See also Hay 1902 and Lund and Grogan 2004

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Harpacanthus fimbriatus

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Type: Tristychius fimbriatus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gilmerton Ironstone (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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