Acanthodes bronni Agassiz 1833

Chondrichthyes - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Alternative combinations: Acanthodes bronnii, Acanthoessus bronni

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48

Belongs to Acanthodes according to R. Denison 1979

See also Agassiz 1832, Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1835, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Acanthodes australis, Acanthodes beecheri, Acanthodes bourbonensis, Acanthodes boyi, Acanthodes bridgei, Acanthodes confusus, Acanthodes gracilis, Acanthodes guizhouensis, Acanthodes lopatini, Acanthodes marshi, Acanthodes mitchelli, Acanthodes nitidus, Acanthodes ovensis, Acanthodes peachi, Acanthodes pollichiae, Acanthodes punctatus, Acanthodes pusillus, Acanthodes pygmaeus, Acanthodes rouvillei, Acanthodes splendidus, Acanthodes sulcatus, Acanthodes ultimus, Acanthodes wardi

Type specimen: H.G. Bronn Collection (according to A.S. Woodward), a skeleton.

Distribution: found only at Humberg, near Obernheim (Permian of Germany)

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