Biology:Acanthorhina
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Short description: Extinct genus of chimaera
| Acanthorhina | |
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| Acanthorhina jaekeli from the Jurassic of Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Myriacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Acanthorhina |
| Species: | †A. jaekeli
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acanthorhina jaekeli Fraas, 1910
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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]
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Acanthorhina". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=34761.
- ↑ 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0016-6995(81)80122-2.
Wikidata ☰ Q97371148 entry
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