Biology:Acanthorhina

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Short description: Extinct genus of chimaera

Acanthorhina
Temporal range: Toarcian
Acanthorhina jaekeli.png
Acanthorhina jaekeli from the Jurassic of Germany
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Myriacanthidae
Genus: Acanthorhina
Species:
A. jaekeli
Binomial name
Acanthorhina jaekeli
Fraas, 1910

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

  1. "Fossilworks: Acanthorhina". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=34761. 
  2. Fraas, E. (1910), Chimäridenreste aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg, 66: 55–63
  3. 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