Diplacanthiformes

Diplacanthiformes
Temporal range:
Diplacanthus acus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Acanthodii
Order: †
Berg, 1940
Subgroups

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Diplacanthiformes (also known as Diplacanthida, Diplacanthoidei, or Diplacanthini) is an order of "acanthodian" stem-chondrichthyans which lived during the Devonian Period.[1]

Subtaxa

  • incertae sedis
    • Genus Bryantonchus
    • Genus Culmacanthus
    • Genus Devononchus
    • Genus Striacanthus
    • Genus Tetanopsyrus
  • Family Diplacanthidae
    • Genus Diplacanthus
    • Genus Milesacanthus
    • Genus Ptychodictyon
    • Genus Rhadinacanthus
  • Family Gladiobranchidae?
    • Genus Gladiobranchus
    • Genus Uraniacanthus?

References

  1. ^ Hanke, Gavin F.; Davis, Samuel P.; Wilson, Mark V.H. (2001). "New species of the acanthodian genus Tetanopsyrus from northern Canada, and comments on related taxa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (4): 740–753. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0740:NSOTAG]2.0.CO;2.


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