Asteracanthus
| Asteracanthus Temporal range: Devonian–Cretaceous | |
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| Dorsal fin-spine ornamented by stellate tubercles of Asteracanthus ornatissimus. Jurassic of England | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Infraclass: | Euselachii |
| Order: | Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | Hybodontidae |
| Genus: | Asteracanthus L. Agassiz 1837 |
Asteracanthus is an extinct genus of Elasmobranchii (sharks belonging to the family Hybodontidae.
Fossil records
Fossil teeth of Asteracanthus
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian to the Cretaceous (age range: from 416.0 to 70.6 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of
United States, Iran, Switzerland, Madagascar and Europe. [1]
Species
Species within this genus include:[1]
- Asteracanthus acutus Agassiz 1837
- Asteracanthus granulosus Egerton 1854
- Asteracanthus magnus Agassiz 1838
- Asteracanthus medius Owen 1869
- Asteracanthus minor Agassiz 1837
- Asteracanthus ornatissimus Agassiz 1837
- Asteracanthus papillosus Egerton 1854
- Asteracanthus semisulcatus Agassiz 1837
- Asteracanthus siderius Leidy 1870
- Asteracanthus somaensis Yabe 1902
- Asteracanthus tenuis Agassiz 1838
References
- L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii-72
- Arthur Smith Woodward The Fossil Fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations Cambridge University Press
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