Amelacanthus
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| Amelacanthus sp. from the Devonian of Russia | |
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| Genus: | Amelacanthus Maisey, 1982
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Amelacanthus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Paleozoic era.[1] 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.[2][1] It is also known from the Famennian of Russia.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Fossilworks: Amelacanthus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ^ Maisey, J. G. (1982). Studies on the Paleozoic selachian genus Ctenacanthus Agassiz. No. 2, Bythiacanthus St. John and Worthen, Amelacanthus, new genus, Eunemacanthus St. John and Worthen, Sphenacanthus Agassiz, and Wodnika Münster. American Museum novitates; no. 2722.
- ^ Lebedev, O. A., Ivanov, A. O., & Linkevich, V. V. (2020). Chondrichthyan spines from the Famennian (Upper Devonian) of Russia. Acta Geologica Polonica, 1-24.