†Atopacanthus Hussakof and Bryant 1918 (spiny fish)
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Chondrichthyes - Ischnacanthida
Full reference: L. Hussakof and W. Bryant. 1918. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Science 12:346p
Parent taxon: Ischnacanthida according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Poracanthodes
Subtaxa: Atopacanthus dentatus Atopacanthus juvai Atopacanthus peculiaris
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (2 collections), Iran (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: New York)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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