Acanthorhina
Acanthorhina is an extinct genus of chimaera from the Toarcian age of the Jurassic period.[1] It currently contains a single species, A. jaekeli known from the Posidonia shale of Holzmaden, Germany.[2][3]
| Acanthorhina Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Acanthorhina jaekeli from the Jurassic of Germany | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Myriacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Acanthorhina |
| Species: | †A. jaekeli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acanthorhina jaekeli Fraas, 1910 | |
References
- "Fossilworks: Acanthorhina". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- Fraas, E. (1910), Chimäridenreste aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg, 66: 55–63
- Duffin, Christopher J. (Jan 1981). "The fin spine of a new holocephalan from the lower jurassic of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England". Geobios. 14 (4): 469–475. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(81)80122-2. ISSN 0016-6995.
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