Asteracanthus tenuis Agassiz 1838 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Alternative combination: Strophodus tenuis

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Belongs to Asteracanthus according to J. Rees and C. Underwood 2008

See also Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Asteracanthus acutus, Asteracanthus aegyptiacus, Asteracanthus compressus, Asteracanthus granulosus, Asteracanthus magnus, Asteracanthus medius, Asteracanthus minor, Asteracanthus ornatissimus, Asteracanthus papillosus, Asteracanthus semisulcatus, Asteracanthus siderius, Asteracanthus somaensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lindner Berges (Jurassic of Germany)

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