Akmonistion
Appearance
Akmonistion Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
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Akmonistion zangerli | |
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Genus: | Akmonistion
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Species: | A. zangerli
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Akmonistion zangerli Coates & Sequeira, 2001
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Akmonistion is an extinct genus of shark that lived in the Early Carboniferous. Its remains have been found in Scotland.
See also
Sources
- Vertebrate Palaeontology, by Michael J. Benton
- Coates, M.I., and Sequeira, S.E.K. 2001. A new stethacanthid chondrichthyan from the lower Carboniferous of Bearsdon, Scotland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):438–459. (abstract at link)