†Ankylacanthus Burrow et al. 2008 (spiny fish)
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Acanthodii - Climatiiformes - Gyracanthidae
Full reference: C. Burrow, S. Turner, S. Desbiens and R. Miller. 2008. Early Devonian putative gyracanthid acanthodians from eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45(8):897-908
Parent taxon: Gyracanthidae according to C. Burrow et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Aganacanthus, Antacanthus, Gyracanthides, Gyracanthus, Mitrodus, Oracanthus
Subtaxa: Ankylacanthus convexus Ankylacanthus incurvus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: New Brunswick collections), Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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