Ctenacanthus (Redirected from Ctenacanthus chemungensis)
Ctenacanthus | |
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Agassiz's plate of C. major. | |
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
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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 amblyxiphias Cope, 1891