Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2
Belongs to Acanthodes according to R. Denison 1979
See also Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Acanthodes australis, Acanthodes beecheri, Acanthodes bourbonensis, Acanthodes boyi, Acanthodes bridgei, Acanthodes bronni, Acanthodes confusus, Acanthodes gracilis, Acanthodes guizhouensis, Acanthodes lopatini, Acanthodes marshi, Acanthodes mitchelli, Acanthodes ovensis, Acanthodes peachi, Acanthodes pollichiae, Acanthodes punctatus, Acanthodes pusillus, Acanthodes pygmaeus, Acanthodes rouvillei, Acanthodes splendidus, Acanthodes sulcatus, Acanthodes ultimus, Acanthodes wardi
Type specimen: BMNH P.4057, a skeleton
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Glencartholm, Eskdale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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