Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Alternative combination: Orthacanthus quadriseriatus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. Descriptions of extinct Vertebrata from the Permian and Triassic formations of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100):182-193
Belongs to Pleuracanthus according to E. D. Cope and W. D. Matthew 1915
See also Cope 1877 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Pleuracanthus arcuatus, Pleuracanthus biserialis, Pleuracanthus cylindricus, Pleuracanthus decheni, Pleuracanthus dilatatus, Pleuracanthus laevissimus, Pleuracanthus robustus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pleuracanthus quadriseriatus in the database
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