Acanthorhachis Martill et al. 2014 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Listracanthidae

Full reference: D. M. Martill, P. J. A. Del Strother, and F. Gallien. 2014. Acanthorhachis, a new genus of shark from the Carboniferous (Westphalian) of Yorkshire, England. Geological Magazine 151:517-533

Parent taxon: Listracanthidae according to D. M. Martill et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Listracanthus

Subtaxa: Acanthorhachis spinatus

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Type: Listracanthus spinatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Todmorden moor spoil dump (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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