Cosmacanthus
Cosmacanthus is an extinct genus of placoderms in the extinct family Groenlandaspididae that lived during the Late Devonian in Ireland, the UK, Russia and North America.[1] It was named by Louis Agassiz in 1845.[2]
- Names brought to synonymy
- †Cosmacanthus elegans, a synonym for †Nemacanthus elegans Evans, 1904 (elasmobranch)
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Fossil of Cosmacanthus semistiatus - picture taken at Natural History Museum, Bonn University | |
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Suborder: | †Phlyctaeniida |
Infraorder: | †Phlyctaeniina |
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Genus: | †Cosmacanthus Agassiz, 1845 |
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References
- O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868
- Monographie des poissons fossiles du vieux grés rouge: ou système Dévonien (Old red sandstone) des Iles Britanniques et de Russie. L Agassiz, 1845
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