Acanthodes boyi Heidtke 1993 (spiny fish)

Chondrichthyes - Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae

Full reference: U. Heidtke. 1993. Studien ùˆberAcanthodes. 4.Acanthodes boyi n. sp., die dritte Art der Acanthodier (Acanthodii: Pisces) aus dem Rotliegend (Unterperm) des Saar-Nahe-Beckens (SW-Deutschland). Palàˆontologische Zeitschrift 67(3-4):331-341

Belongs to Acanthodes according to U. Heidtke 1993

Sister taxa: Acanthodes australis, Acanthodes beecheri, Acanthodes bourbonensis, Acanthodes bridgei, Acanthodes bronni, Acanthodes confusus, Acanthodes gracilis, Acanthodes guizhouensis, Acanthodes lopatini, Acanthodes marshi, Acanthodes mitchelli, Acanthodes nitidus, Acanthodes ovensis, Acanthodes peachi, Acanthodes pollichiae, Acanthodes punctatus, Acanthodes pusillus, Acanthodes pygmaeus, Acanthodes rouvillei, Acanthodes splendidus, Acanthodes sulcatus, Acanthodes ultimus, Acanthodes wardi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Niederkirchen near St. Wendel-Saar (Permian of Germany)

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