Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synonyms: Desmacanthus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858, Hybodus minor Agassiz 1837, Rhomphaiodon minor Agassiz 1837
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)
Belongs to Nemacanthus according to T. P. Vida et al. 2025
See also Agassiz 1836, Agassiz 1837, Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Amthor 1908, Cuny et al. 2000, Cuny and Risnes 2005, de Lange et al. 2023, Delsate and Godefroit 1995, Diependaal and Reumer 2021, Duffin 1993, Duffin and Delsate 1993, Henry 1876, Skinner et al. 2020, Woodward 1889 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Nemacanthus bosnensis, Nemacanthus elegans, Nemacanthus filifer, Nemacanthus minor, Nemacanthus nicolensis, Nemacanthus speciosus
Type specimens:
- Nemacanthus monilifer: Its type locality is Rhaetic Bone Bed, Aust Cliff, which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom
- Desmacanthus cloacinus:
- Hybodus minor:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Belgium (2)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Belgium (3), France (14), Germany (6), Luxembourg (2), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (17)
Total: 49 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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