Asteracanthus

Asteracanthus
Temporal range: Devonian–Cretaceous
Dorsal fin-spine ornamented by stellate tubercles of Asteracanthus ornatissimus. Jurassic of England
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Infraclass: Euselachii
Order: Hybodontiformes
Family: Hybodontidae
Genus: Asteracanthus
L. Agassiz, 1837

Asteracanthus is an extinct genus of Elasmobranchii (sharks belonging to the family Hybodontidae.

Fossil records

Fossil teeth of Asteracanthus

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian to the Cretaceous (age range: from 416.0 to 70.6 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of United States, Iran, Switzerland, Madagascar and Europe. [1]

Species

Species within this genus include:[1]

References

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