Ctenacanthidae
| Ctenacanthidae Temporal range: Emsian—Valanginian
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| Fossil of Ctenacanthus costellatus, illustration in the Geological magazine (1884). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
| Superfamily: | †Ctenacanthoidea |
| Family: | †Ctenacanthidae Dean, 1909[1] |
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| †Ctenacanthus Agassiz, 1837
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| Genera | |
Ctenacanthidae is an extinct family of prehistoric sharks in the order Ctenacanthiformes.[2] Species of the different genera are found in strata ranging from Devonian to Cretaceous,[3] with a worldwide distribution.
References
- ^ B. Dean, 1909, Studies on fossil fishes (sharks, chimaeroids and arthrodires. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Part V, v 9: 211–287
- ^ "Ctenacanthidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Feichtinger, Iris; Engelbrecht, Andrea; Lukeneder, Alexander; Kriwet, Jürgen (2020-07-02). "New chondrichthyans characterised by cladodont-like tooth morphologies from the Early Cretaceous of Austria, with remarks on the microstructural diversity of enameloid". Historical Biology. 32 (6): 823–836. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1539971. ISSN 0891-2963.
External links
Data related to Ctenacanthidae at Wikispecies
Media related to Ctenacanthidae at Wikimedia Commons
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