Chondrichthyes - Euselachii - Sphenacanthidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (8me, 9me livraison) viii-72
Parent taxon: Sphenacanthidae according to A. O. Ivanov 2017
See also Ivanov 1999, Ivanov et al. 2013, Jordan 1963, Pauliv et al. 2012, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxon: Khuffia
Subtaxa: Sphenacanthus aequistriatus Sphenacanthus costellatus Sphenacanthus hybodioides Sphenacanthus hybodoides Sphenacanthus marshi Sphenacanthus riorastoensis Sphenacanthus sanpauloensis Sphenacanthus serrulatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Illinois)
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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