Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613
Belongs to Diplodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Orthacanthus adamas, Orthacanthus buxieri, Orthacanthus compressus, Orthacanthus donnelljohnsi, Orthacanthus gibbosus, Orthacanthus gracilis, Orthacanthus lintonensis, Orthacanthus milleri, Orthacanthus minor, Orthacanthus platypternus, Orthacanthus pustulosus, Orthacanthus texensis, Dittodus striatus, Dittodus priscus, Dittodus lucasi, Didymodus platypternus, Diplodus problematicus, Diplodus minutus, Diplodus parvulus, Diplodus acinaces
Type specimen: BMNH P.3026, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Carluke, Lanarkshire (BMNH), which is in a Pennsylvanian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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