Acanthodiformes
| Acanthodiformes Temporal range:
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| Acanthodes bronni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Acanthodii |
| Order: | †Acanthodiformes Berg, 1940 |
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Acanthodiformes is an order of acanthodian fishes which lived from the Early Devonian to Early Permian.[1][2][3]
Subtaxa[edit]
- Family Acanthodidae
- Genus Acanthodes
- Genus Acanthodopsis
- Genus Traquairichthys?
- Genus Utahacanthus?
- Genus Triazeugacanthus
- Family Cheiracanthidae
- Genus Cheiracanthus
- Genus Fallodentus
- Genus Ginkgolepis
- Genus Haplacanthus
- Genus Homalacanthus?
- Genus Markacanthus
- Family Howittacanthidae
- Genus Halimacanthodes
- Genus Howittacanthes
- Family Mesacanthidae
- Genus Lodeacanthus
- Genus Melanoacanthus
- Genus Mesacanthus
- Genus Promesacanthus
- Genus Teneracanthus
- Genus Triazeugacanthus?
References[edit]
- ^ Zajíc, Jaroslav (1995). "Some consequences of recent investigations on the family Acanthodidae Huxley; 1861". Geobios. 28 (supp2): 167–169. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80107-3.
- ^ Hanke, Gavin F. (2008). "Promesacanthus eppleri n. gen., n. sp., a mesacanthid (Acanthodii, Acanthodiformes) from the Lower Devonian of northern Canada" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 30 (2): 287–302.
- ^ Burrow, Carole J.; Trinajstic, Kate; Long, John (2012). "First acanthodian from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia". Historical Biology. 24 (4): 349–357. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.660150.
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