Diplacanthus
Extinct genus of Devonian spiny sharks. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diplacanthus is an extinct genus of Mid to Late Devonian fish in the class Acanthodii, known as spiny sharks.
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Diplacanthus | |
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D. crassissimus (=D. striatus) (top) and D. acus (bottom), showing different body shapes within same genus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Acanthodii |
Order: | †Diplacanthiformes |
Family: | †Diplacanthidae |
Genus: | †Diplacanthus Agassiz, 1843 |
Species | |
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