Ctenacanthus
Agassiz's plate of C. major.
Restoration of C. concinnus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: †Ctenacanthiformes
Family: †Ctenacanthidae
Genus: †Ctenacanthus
Agassiz, 1837
Type species
Ctenacanthus major
Agassiz, 1837
Species

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Ctenacanthus (from Greek: κτείς kteis, 'comb' and Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine')[1] is an extinct genus of ctenacanthiform chondrichthyan. Remains have been found in the Bloyd Formation (Carboniferous Period) of Arkansas and the Cleveland Shale (Devonian Period) of Ohio in the United States and in South America.[2][3][4]

Valid species

Ctenacanthus sp fin spine fossil
Ctenacanthus sp. fin spine
  • Ctenacanthus buttersi St. John & Worthen, 1883
  • Ctenacanthus chemungensis Claypole, 1885
  • Ctenacanthus concinnus Newberry, 1875
  • Ctenacanthus denticulatus McCoy, 1848
  • Ctenacanthus formosus Newberry, 1873
  • Ctenacanthus harrissi Caster, 1930
  • Ctenacanthus lamborni Wells, 1944
  • Ctenacanthus major Agassiz, 1843
  • Ctenacanthus pellensis St. John & Worthen, 1883
  • Ctenacanthus sculptus St. John & Worthen, 1875
  • Ctenacanthus terrelli Newberry, 1889
  • Ctenacanthus tumidus Newberry, 1889
  • Ctenacanthus vetustus Eastman, 1902
  • Ctenacanthus wrightii Newberry, 1884
  • Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias Cope, 1891

See also

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 38. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Acanthodian fish remains from the Upper Silurian or Lower Devonian of the Amazon Basin, Brazil. Philippe Janvier, Jose Henrique G. Melo, Palaeontology, Aug 1988, Vol 31, part 3
  3. ↑ Agassiz, Louis (1837). "De genre Ctenacanthus Agass". Contenant l'Histoire de l'Ordre de Placoïdes. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. Vol. 3. Neuchâtel: Petitpierre. pp. 10–12.
  4. ↑ "Ctenacanthus". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2023-04-25.


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