Gyracanthus
Appearance
Gyracanthus Temporal range:
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Shoulder girdle and pectoral fin spine of Gyracanthus sherwoodi, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Acanthodii |
Order: | †Climatiiformes (?) |
Family: | †Gyracanthidae |
Genus: | †Gyracanthus Agassiz, 1837[1] |
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Gyracanthus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine')[2] is an extinct genus of acanthodian.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Gyracanthus".
- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 74. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Snyder, D., Turner, S., Burrow, C. J., & Daeschler, E. B. (2017). “Gyracanthus” sherwoodi (Gnathostomata, Gyracanthidae) from the Late Devonian of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 165(1), 195–219.
Categories:
- Devonian cartilaginous fish of Africa
- Carboniferous fish of Europe
- Devonian cartilaginous fish of North America
- Devonian fish of South America
- Carboniferous fish of North America
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera
- Devonian cartilaginous fish
- Carboniferous cartilaginous fish
- Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
- Prehistoric cartilaginous fish stubs
- Devonian fish stubs
- Carboniferous animal stubs