Cavanacanthus Lindley 2000 (spiny fish)

Acanthodii - Ischnacanthiformes - Ischnacanthidae

Full reference: I. Lindley. 2000. Acanthodian fish remains from the Lower Devonian Cavan Bluff Limestone (Murrumbidgee Group), Taemas district, New South Wales. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 24(1):11-35

Parent taxon: Ischnacanthidae according to I. Lindley 2000

Sister taxa: Acanthodopsis, Apateacanthus, Arcticacanthus, Bracteatacanthus, Cacheacanthus, Cambaracanthus, Gomphonchus, Grenfellacanthus, Helenacanthus, Ictinocephalus, Ischnacanthus, Marsdenius, Persacanthus, Rohonilepis, Taemasacanthus, Uraniacanthus

Subtaxa: Cavanacanthus warrooensis

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Type: Cavanacanthus warrooensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Section 8628-4, along shore of Lake Burrinjuck, Tates Straight (Devonian of Australia)

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