Aganacanthus Traquair 1884 (spiny fish)

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dryden Vale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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