Biology:Gyracanthidae
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Short description: Extinct family of acanthodian
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Climatiiformes/? |
| Family: | †Gyracanthidae Woodward, 1906 |
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Gyracanthidae is an family of extinct fish belonging to the class Acanthodii, known from early Devonian to late Carboniferous. Members are characterized by large, broad-based, paired fin spines with the pectoral fin spines having a distinct longitudinal curvature.[1] Although it is originally classified in order Climatiiformes, but later study questioned this.[2]
References
- ↑ Warren, Anne; Currie, Bryan P.; Burrow, Carole; Turner, Susan (2000-06-27). [0225:ARAROG2.0.CO;2 "A redescription and reinterpretation of Gyracanthides murrayi Woodward 1906 (Acanthodii, Gyracanthidae) from the Lower Carboniferous of the Mansfield Basin, Victoria, Australia"]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 (2): 225–242. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0225:ARAROG2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0272-4634. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0225:ARAROG]2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ Turner, Susan; Burrow, Carole J.; Warren, Anne (2005). "Gyracanthides hawkinsi sp. nov. (Acanthodii, Gyracanthidae) from the Lower Carboniferous of Queensland, Australia, with a Review of Gyracanthid Taxa" (in en). Palaeontology 48 (5): 963–1006. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00479.x. ISSN 0031-0239. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00479.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q150619 entry
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