Akmonistion Coates and Sequeira 2001 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Full reference: M. I. Coates and S. E. K. Sequeira. 2001. A new stethacanthid chondrichthyan from the Lower Carboniferous of Bearsden, Scotland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):438-459

Parent taxon: Stethacanthidae according to M. I. Coates and S. E. K. Sequeira 2001

Sister taxa: Cobelodus, Danaea, Gutturensis, Orestiacanthus, Petrodus, Stethacanthulus, Stethacanthus, Symmorium, Bethacanthus, Physonemus chesterensis, Physonemus parvulus

Subtaxa: Akmonistion zangerli

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Type: Akmonistion zangerli

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shrimp bed, Bearsden locality (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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