Gyracanthides murrayi Woodward 1906 (spiny fish)

Acanthodii - Climatiiformes - Gyracanthidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1906. On a Carboniferous fish fauna from the Mansfield district, Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne 1(10299):1-32

Belongs to Gyracanthides according to Woodward 1906

Sister taxa: Gyracanthides hawkinsi, Gyracanthides riniensis, Gyracanthides warreni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Broken River/Fish Hill localities (Carboniferous of Australia)

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