†Aganacanthus Traquair 1884 (spiny fish)
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Acanthodii - Climatiiformes - Gyracanthidae
Full reference: R. Traquair. 1884. Notice of new fish remains from the Blackband Ironstone of Borough Lee, near Edinburgh. Geological Magazine 8(1):34-37
Parent taxon: Gyracanthidae according to R. Denison 1979
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Ankylacanthus, Antacanthus, Gyracanthides, Gyracanthus, Mitrodus, Oracanthus
Subtaxa: Aganacanthus striatulus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Dryden Vale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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