Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
Full reference: D. Heyler and C. Poplin. 1989. Systematics and relationships among the Xenacanthiformes (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) in the light of Carboniferous and Permian French materal. Acta Musei Reginaehradecensis S. A. Scientiae Naturales 22:69-78
Belongs to Orthacanthus according to L. Agassiz 1843
Sister taxa: Orthacanthus adamas, Orthacanthus compressus, Orthacanthus donnelljohnsi, Orthacanthus gibbosus, Orthacanthus gracilis, Orthacanthus lintonensis, Orthacanthus milleri, Orthacanthus minor, Orthacanthus platypternus, Orthacanthus pustulosus, Orthacanthus texensis, Didymodus platypternus, Diplodus tenuis, Diplodus problematicus, Diplodus minutus, Diplodus parvulus, Diplodus acinaces, Dittodus striatus, Dittodus lucasi, Dittodus priscus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Buxieres-les-Mines (Autunian shales), which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial shale in France
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Buxieres-les-Mines (Autunian shales)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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