Nemacanthus
Nemacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sharks in the family Paleospinacidae.
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Fossil of Nemacanthus monilifer - picture taken at Museum of Paleontology, Tubingen | |
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Genus: | Nemacanthus Agassiz, 1837[1] |
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The species N. elegans is from the Triassic of Idaho, United States.[2]
See also
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
References
- L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii-72
- 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
External links
- "Nemacanthus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Nemacanthus at fossilworks.org
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