Belongs to Gnathacanthus according to A. S. Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Physonemus arcuatus, Physonemus asper, Physonemus carinatus, Physonemus gemmatus, Physonemus gigas, Physonemus gigii, Physonemus hamuspiscatorius, Physonemus mirabilis, Physonemus pandatus, Physonemus stellatus, Physonemus striatus, Physonemus subteres, Batacanthus stellatus, Batacanthus baculiformis, Batacanthus necis, Xystracanthus gracilis, Xystracanthus acinaciformis, Xystracanthus mirabilis, Xystracanthus giganteus, Xystracanthus major, Xystracanthus anceps, Xystracanthus reversus, Gnathacanthus striatus
Type specimen: BMNH P.2891, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Armagh, Ireland (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Armagh, Ireland (BMNH)
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