Ctenacanthus
Ctenacanthus ("Comb Spine") is an extinct genus of ctenacanthiform chondrichthyan. Remains have been found in the Bloyd Formation in Arkansas, United States (Carboniferous period) and in South America.[1][2]
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| Agassiz's plate of C. major. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Ctenacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Ctenacanthus Agassiz, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Ctenacanthus major Agassiz, 1837 | |
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Valid species
Life restoration of "Ctenacanthus" costellatus.
- Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias Cope, 1891
- 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
References
- 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
- Agassiz, Louis (1837). "De genre Ctenacanthus Agass". Contenant l'Histoire de l'Ordre de Placoïdes. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. 3. Neuchâtel: Petitpierre. pp. 10–12.
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