Ctenacanthus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Ctenacanthiformes |
| Family: | Ctenacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Ctenacanthus Agassiz, 1837 |
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Ctenacanthus is a prehistoric cartilaginous fish genus. Remains have been found in the Bloyd Formation in Arkansas, United States (Carboniferous period) and in South America.[1]
Species
- †Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias Cope, 1891
- †Ctenacanthus buttersi St. John & Worthen, 1883
- †Ctenacanthus chemungensis Claypole, 1885
- †Ctenacanthus cliftonensis Branson & Mehl, 1938
- †Ctenacanthus concinnus Newberry, 1875
- †Ctenacanthus costellatus Traquair, 1884
- †Ctenacanthus elegans Tuomey, 1858 - Alabama[2]
- †Ctenacanthus furcicarinatus Newberry, 1875
- †Ctenacanthus major Agassiz, 1843
- †Ctenacanthus maranhensis Santos, 1946
- †Ctenacanthus nodocostatus Hussakof & Bryant, 1918
- †Ctenacanthus terrelli Newberry, 1889
- †Ctenacanthus tumidus Newberry, 1889
- species brought into synonymy
See also
References
- ↑ Acanthodian fish remains from the Upper Silurian or Lower Devonian of the Amazon Basin, Brazil. Philippe Janvier, Jose Henrique G. Melo, Palaeontology, Aug 1988, Vol 31, part 3
- ↑ Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Numéro 179, Oliver Perry Hay at Google Books
- ↑ John G. Maisey (2010). "Heslerodidae (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii), a new family of Paleozoic phalacanthous sharks". Kirtlandia 57: 13–21.
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