Nemacanthus

Nemacanthus; Temporal range: 268.0–201.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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	Fossil of Nemacanthus monilifer - picture taken at Museum of Paleontology, Tubingen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	†Synechodontiformes
Family:	†Palaeospinacidae
Genus:	†Nemacanthus; Agassiz, 1837
Species
	†Nemacanthus bosnensis (Katzer, 1916); †Nemacanthus elegans (Evans, 1904); †Nemacanthus filifer Agassiz, 1843; †Nemacanthus minor Davis, 1881; †Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz, 1843; †Nemacanthus splendens Quenstedt;
Synonyms
	Desmacanthus Quenstedt, 1858; †Cosmacanthus elegans (synonym of †Nemacanthus elegans Evans, 1904);

Nemacanthus (from Greek: νέμω némō, 'to distribute' and Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine')^[2] is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Palaeospinacidae.

The species N. elegans is from the Triassic of Idaho, United States.^[3]

References

^ L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii-72
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Nemacanthus Temporal range: 268.0–201.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
File:Nemacanthus monilifer.JPG
Fossil of Nemacanthus monilifer - picture taken at Museum of Paleontology, Tubingen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	†Synechodontiformes
Family:	†Palaeospinacidae
Genus:	†Nemacanthus Agassiz, 1837^[1]
Species
†Nemacanthus bosnensis (Katzer, 1916) †Nemacanthus elegans (Evans, 1904) †Nemacanthus filifer Agassiz, 1843 †Nemacanthus minor Davis, 1881 †Nemacanthus monilifer Agassiz, 1843 †Nemacanthus splendens Quenstedt
Synonyms
Desmacanthus Quenstedt, 1858 †Cosmacanthus elegans (synonym of †Nemacanthus elegans Evans, 1904)