Diplacanthiformes

Diplacanthiformes
Temporal range: Devonian
Angelacanthus acus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: †Acanthodii
Order: †Diplacanthiformes
Berg, 1940
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Diplacanthiformes (also known as Diplacanthida, Diplacanthoidei, or Diplacanthini) is an order of "acanthodian" stem-chondrichthyans which lived during the Devonian Period.

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References

  1. ↑ Hanke, Gavin F.; Davis, Samuel P.; Wilson, Mark V.H. (2001). "New species of the acanthodian genus Tetanopsyrus from northern Canada, and comments on related taxa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (4): 740–753. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0740:NSOTAG]2.0.CO;2.