Akmonistion
Akmonistion | |
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A. zangerli | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | †Symmoriida |
Family: | †Stethacanthidae |
Genus: | †Akmonistion |
Species: | †A. zangerli |
Binomial name | |
Akmonistion zangerli Coates & Sequeira, 2001 | |
Akmonistion is an extinct genus of ratfish that lived in the Early Carboniferous. Its remains have been found in Scotland.
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Complete skeleton of Akmonistion zangerli (HMV8246, Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow). Photograph taken by Dr. Keith Ingham, published in Coates & Sequira, 2001.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ COATES, M.I. & SEQUEIRA, S.E.K., 2001. A new stethacanthid chondrichthyan from the lower Carboniferous of Bearsden, Scotland, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(3), 438-459
- 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)
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