Nemacanthus

Nemacanthus
Temporal range: 268.0–201.6 Ma
Fossil of Nemacanthus monilifer - picture taken at Museum of Paleontology, Tubingen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Synechodontiformes
Family: Paleospinacidae
Genus: Nemacanthus
Agassiz, 1837[1]
Species
  • †Nemacanthus bosnensis (Katzer, 1916)
  • †Nemacanthus elegans (Evans, 1904)
  • †Nemacanthus filifer Agassiz, 1843
  • †Nemacanthus minor Davis, 1881
  • †Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz, 1843
  • †Nemacanthus splendens Quenstedt
Synonyms
  • Desmacanthus Quenstedt, 1858
  • †Cosmacanthus elegans (synonym of †Nemacanthus elegans Evans, 1904)

Nemacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sharks in the family Paleospinacidae.

The species N. elegans is from the Triassic of Idaho, United States.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii-72
  2. ↑ H. M. Evans. 1904. A new cestraciont spine from the Lower Triassic of Idaho. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(18), pages 397-402
  • Maisey, J. G. (1977). "The fossil selachian fishes Palaeospinax Egerton, 1872 and Nemacanthus Agassiz, 1837". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60 (3): 259–273. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01029.x
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