Ctenacanthus (Redirected from Ctenacanthus chemungensis)

Ctenacanthus
Ctenacanthus major Agassiz.png
Agassiz's plate of C. major.
Ctenacanthus concinnus.png
Restoration of C. concinnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Ctenacanthiformes
Family: Ctenacanthidae
Genus: Ctenacanthus
Agassiz, 1837
Type species
Ctenacanthus major
Agassiz, 1837
Species

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Ctenacanthus (from Greek: κτείς kteis, 'comb' and Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine') is an extinct genus of ctenacanthiform chondrichthyan. Remains have been found in the Bloyd Formation in Arkansas, United States (Carboniferous period) and in South America.

Valid species

  • Ctenacanthus buttersi St. John & Worthen, 1883
  • Ctenacanthus chemungensis Claypole, 1885
  • Ctenacanthus concinnus Newberry, 1875
  • Ctenacanthus denticulatus McCoy, 1848
  • Ctenacanthus formosus Newberry, 1873
  • Ctenacanthus harrissi Caster, 1930
  • Ctenacanthus lamborni Wells, 1944
  • Ctenacanthus major Agassiz, 1843
  • Ctenacanthus pellensis St. John & Worthen, 1883
  • Ctenacanthus sculptus St. John & Worthen, 1875
  • Ctenacanthus terrelli Newberry, 1889
  • Ctenacanthus tumidus Newberry, 1889
  • Ctenacanthus vetustus Eastman, 1902
  • Ctenacanthus wrightii Newberry, 1884
  • Ctenacanthus sp fin spine fossil
    Ctenacanthus sp. fin spine
    Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias Cope, 1891

See also


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