Amelacanthus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | † Ctenacanthiformes |
Family: | † Ctenacanthidae |
Genus: | †
Amelacanthus Maisey, 1982 |
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Amelacanthus is an extinct genus of elasmobranchian cartilaginous fish from the Paleozoic era. [1] [2] It is known from fin spines and currently contains four described species. It is known from the Permian and Carboniferous of North America, Europe, and Africa. [3] [2] It is also known from the Famennian of Russia. [4] Possible specimens of Amelacanthus were found in Permian ( Wordian) sediments of Oman. [5]
Amelacanthus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | † Ctenacanthiformes |
Family: | † Ctenacanthidae |
Genus: | †
Amelacanthus Maisey, 1982 |
Species | |
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Amelacanthus is an extinct genus of elasmobranchian cartilaginous fish from the Paleozoic era. [1] [2] It is known from fin spines and currently contains four described species. It is known from the Permian and Carboniferous of North America, Europe, and Africa. [3] [2] It is also known from the Famennian of Russia. [4] Possible specimens of Amelacanthus were found in Permian ( Wordian) sediments of Oman. [5]