Agkistracanthus

Agkistracanthus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: †Myriacanthidae
Genus: †
Duffin & Furrer, 1981

Agkistracanthus is an extinct genus of holocephalan cartilaginous fish from the Mesozoic era.[1] It currently contains a single species, A. mitgelensis. It is known from the Rhaetian to Hettangian epochs, spanning the transition from the Triassic to Jurassic period. Fossils from this genus are known from Switzerland, Austria, and Britain. It is known mostly from isolated and fragmentary material, including fin spines as well as palatine, symphyseal, and mandibular structures.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Agkistracanthus". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  2. ^ Duffin, C. J., & Milan, J. (2017). A new myriacanthid holocephalian from the Early Jurassic of Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 65, 161-170.


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