Halimacanthodes ahlbergi Burrow et al. 2012 (spiny fish)

Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Full reference: C. J. Burrow, K. Trinajstic, and J. Long. 2012. First acanthodian from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia. Historical Biology 24(4):349-357

Belongs to Halimacanthodes according to C. J. Burrow et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WAM 09.6.147, a skeleton (a partial articulated fish). Its type locality is Locality No. 20, Stromatoporoid Camp Area, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Gogo Formation of Australia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality No. 20, Stromatoporoid Camp Area

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