Nemacanthus

Nemacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sharks in the family Paleospinacidae.

Nemacanthus
Temporal range: 268.0–201.6 Ma
Fossil of Nemacanthus monilifer - picture taken at Museum of Paleontology, Tubingen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Synechodontiformes
Family:
Paleospinacidae
Genus:
Nemacanthus

Agassiz, 1837[1]
Species
  • †Nemacanthus bosnensis (Katzer, 1916)
  • †Nemacanthus elegans (Evans, 1904)
  • †Nemacanthus filifer Agassiz, 1843
  • †Nemacanthus minor Davis, 1881
  • †Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz, 1843
  • †Nemacanthus splendens Quenstedt
Synonyms
  • Desmacanthus Quenstedt, 1858
  • †Cosmacanthus elegans (synonym of †Nemacanthus elegans Evans, 1904)

The species N. elegans is from the Triassic of Idaho, United States.[2]

See also
  • List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References
  1. L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii-72
  2. H. M. Evans. 1904. A new cestraciont spine from the Lower Triassic of Idaho. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(18), pages 397-402
  • Maisey, J. G. (1977). "The fossil selachian fishes Palaeospinax Egerton, 1872 and Nemacanthus Agassiz, 1837". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60 (3): 259–273. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01029.x
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