Cosmacanthus

Cosmacanthus
Temporal range: Late Devonian, 360.7–358.9 Ma
Fossil of Cosmacanthus semistiatus - picture taken at Natural History Museum, Bonn University
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Family: †Groenlandaspididae
Genus: †Cosmacanthus
Agassiz, 1845
Species
  • †C. bullatus (Saint John & Worthen, 1875) Hay, 1902
  • †C. carinatus Davis, 1883
  • †C. malcolmsoni (Agassiz, 1844)
  • †C. marginalis Davis, 1883
  • †C. priscus (Mcoy, 1848)
  • †C. sellatus (Saint John & Worthen, 1875 (Hay, 1902)
  • †C. semistriatus
Synonyms
  • Geisacanthus bullatus Satint John & Worthen, 1875
  • Geisacanthus stellatus Satint John & Worthen, 1875

Cosmacanthus is an extinct genus of placoderms in the extinct family Groenlandaspididae that lived during the Late Devonian in Ireland, the UK, Russia and North America. It was named by Louis Agassiz in 1845.

Names brought to synonymy

See also

References

  1. ↑ O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868
  2. ↑ Monographie des poissons fossiles du vieux grés rouge: ou système Dévonien (Old red sandstone) des Iles Britanniques et de Russie. L Agassiz, 1845