Akmonistion

Akmonistion
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
Akmonistion zangerli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Symmoriida
Family: Stethacanthidae
Genus: Akmonistion
Species: A. zangerli
Binomial name
Akmonistion zangerli
Coates & Sequeira, 2001

Akmonistion is an extinct genus of shark that lived in the Early Carboniferous. Its remains have been found in Scotland.

See also

• Stethacanthus

• Stethacanthidae

Sources


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