Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
Full reference: G. D. Johnson and D. W. Thayer. 2009. Early Pennsylvanian Xenacanth Chondrichthyans from the Swisshelm Mountains, Arizona, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):649-688
Belongs to Orthacanthus according to G. D. Johnson and D. W. Thayer 2009
Sister taxa: Orthacanthus adamas, Orthacanthus buxieri, Orthacanthus compressus, Orthacanthus gibbosus, Orthacanthus gracilis, Orthacanthus lintonensis, Orthacanthus milleri, Orthacanthus minor, Orthacanthus platypternus, Orthacanthus pustulosus, Orthacanthus texensis, Didymodus platypternus, Dittodus lucasi, Dittodus striatus, Dittodus priscus, Diplodus parvulus, Diplodus minutus, Diplodus problematicus, Diplodus acinaces, Diplodus tenuis
Type specimen: UAPL 22384, a set of teeth. Its type locality is UAPL locality 7205, Swisshelm Mountains, which is in a Bashkirian estuary/bay limestone in the Black Prince Limestone Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at UAPL locality 7205, Swisshelm Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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