Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Alternative spelling: Bebhacanthus

Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1990. Two new Stethacanthid sharks (Stethacanthidae, Symmoriida) from the Pennsylvanian of Indiana, USA. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 213:115-141

Parent taxon: Stethacanthidae according to R. Zangerl 1990

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cobelodus, Danaea, Gutturensis, Orestiacanthus, Petrodus, Stethacanthulus, Stethacanthus, Symmorium, Physonemus parvulus, Physonemus chesterensis, Akmonistion

Subtaxa: Bethacanthus insolitus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bethel Church Excello Shale, Pike County (Carboniferous of Indiana)

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