Name - Orthacanthus Agassiz 1843

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:718916 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Orthacanthus

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• New discoveries of xenacanth sharks from the Late Carboniferous of Spain (Puertollano Basin) and Early Permian of Germany (Saar-Nahe Basin): implications for the phylogeny of xenacanthiform and anacanthous sharks.
• Revision of the genus Orthacanthus Agassiz 1843 (Chondrichthyes: Xenacanthida).
• Dentitions of Late Palaeozoic Orthacanthus species and new species of ?Xenacanthus (Chondrichthyes: Xenacanthiformes) from North America.
• Revision of the Xenacanthida (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Carboniferous of the British Isles.
• Systematics, ontogeny and palaeobiogeography of the genus Orthacanthus (Diplodoselachidae, Xenacanthiformes) from the lower Permian of France.

Search name in:

Sherborn Index Animalium

• Poiss. Foss., Feuilleton, 1843 1843: 143. [Index Animalium Entry]

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