†Breviacanthus Maisey 1976 (elasmobranch)
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Chondrichthyes - Euselachii - Protospinacidae
Full reference: J. G. Maisey. 1976. The Middle Jurassic selachian fish Breviacanthus n. g. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1976(7):432-438
Parent taxon: Protospinacidae according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2004
See also Cappetta 1987 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Protospinax
Subtaxa: Breviacanthus brevis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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