Alternative combination: Xystracanthus arcuatus
Belongs to Physonemus according to C. R. Eastman 1903
See also Hay 1902 and Leidy 1873
Sister taxa: Physonemus arcuatus, Physonemus carinatus, Physonemus gemmatus, Physonemus gigas, Physonemus gigii, Physonemus hamuspiscatorius, Physonemus mirabilis, Physonemus pandatus, Physonemus stellatus, Physonemus striatus, Physonemus subteres, Xystracanthus gracilis, Xystracanthus reversus, Xystracanthus giganteus, Xystracanthus anceps, Xystracanthus major, Xystracanthus mirabilis, Xystracanthus acinaciformis, Batacanthus necis, Batacanthus stellatus, Batacanthus baculiformis, Gnathacanthus triangularis, Gnathacanthus striatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Leavenworth (Carboniferous of Kansas)
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