†Apateacanthus Woodward 1891 (spiny fish)
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Chondrichthyes - Ischnacanthiformes - Ischnacanthidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2
Parent taxon: Ischnacanthidae according to R. Denison 1979
See also Hay 1902 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthodopsis, Gomphonchus, Helenacanthus, Ictinocephalus, Marsdenius, Persacanthus, Uraniacanthus
Subtaxa: Apateacanthus dentatus Apateacanthus peculiaris Apateacanthus vetustus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Apateacanthus in the database
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