Avonacanthus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Heslerodidae |
| Genus: | †Avonacanthus Maisley, 2010 |
Avonacanthus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the lower Carboniferous. The name is derived from the type locality of Avon Gorge, near Bristol, England. It contains a single species, Avonacanthus brevis, which was originally regarded as a species of Ctenacanthus.[1] It is currently known only from fin spines. It is probably a cladistically basal Heslerodid.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ AGASSIZ, L. (1836) Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 7th livraison (June–July 1836). Petitpierre et Prince (text) and H. Nicolet (plates), Neuchâtel, vol. 3: pl. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 41, 42, 43, 44.
- ^ Maisey, J. G. (2010). Heslerodidae (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii), a new family of Paleozoic phalacanthous sharks. Kirtlandia, 57, 13-21.
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