Orestiacanthus Lund 1984 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Parent taxon: Symmoriidae according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Posidonia Member, Bearsden locality (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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