Stethacanthus Newberry 1889 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Invalid subtaxa: Pinegia Minikh 2004 [replaced name], Pinegocaptus Minikh 2006

Parent taxon: Symmoriidae according to M. Ginter 2018

See also Eastman 1903, Ginter et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Ivanov and Lebedev 2014, Jordan 1963, Lund 1985, Sepkoski 2002, Williams 1985 and Zangerl 1981

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

Subtaxa: Cladodus hibberti Stethacanthus altonensis Stethacanthus compressus Stethacanthus concavus Stethacanthus depressus Stethacanthus erectus Stethacanthus exilis Stethacanthus gansuensis Stethacanthus humilis Stethacanthus longipeniculus Stethacanthus praecursor Stethacanthus productus Stethacanthus tumidus

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Type: Physonemus altonensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Kazakhstan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4), United States (4: Texas)

• Carboniferous of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (14: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma)

• Devonian of the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: Ohio)

Total: 30 collections including 33 occurrences

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