Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synonyms: Desmacanthus Quenstedt 1858, Rhomphaiodon Duffin 1993
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)
Parent taxon: Palaeospinacidae according to M. B. Koot et al. 2013
See also Delsate 2003, Duffin 1993, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Skinner et al. 2020, Vida et al. 2025 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Antrigoulia, Macrourogaleus, Palaeospinax, Palaeospinax priscus, Palidiplospinax, Paraorthacodus, Synechodus
Subtaxa: Nemacanthus bosnensis Nemacanthus elegans Nemacanthus filifer Nemacanthus minor Nemacanthus monilifer Nemacanthus nicolensis Nemacanthus speciosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Belgium (1 collection), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Belgium (2)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Belgium (3), France (17), Germany (7), Luxembourg (2), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (19), United States (2: Idaho)
• Permian of Oman (1)
Total: 61 collections including 80 occurrences
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