Ctenacanthidae
Temporal range: EmsianValanginian
Fossil of Ctenacanthus major
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Ctenacanthiformes
Superfamily: Ctenacanthoidea
Family: Ctenacanthidae
Dean, 1909[1]
Type genus
Ctenacanthus
Agassiz, 1837
Genera

Ctenacanthidae is an extinct family of prehistoric elasmobranchs in the order Ctenacanthiformes.[2] Species of the different genera are found in strata ranging from Devonian to Cretaceous,[3] with a worldwide distribution.

References

  1. B. Dean, 1909, Studies on fossil fishes (sharks, chimaeroids and arthrodires. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Part V, v 9: 211–287
  2. "Ctenacanthidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. Feichtinger, Iris; Engelbrecht, Andrea; Lukeneder, Alexander; Kriwet, Jürgen (2020-07-02). "New chondrichthyans characterised by cladodont-like tooth morphologies from the Early Cretaceous of Austria, with remarks on the microstructural diversity of enameloid". Historical Biology. 32 (6): 823–836. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1539971. ISSN 0891-2963.


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