Xenacanthus
Sign in to saveXenacanthus (from Ancient Greek ξένος, xénos, 'foreign, alien' + ἄκανθος, akanthos, 'spine') is an extinct genus of xenacanth cartilaginous fish. It lived in freshwater environments, and fossils of various species have been found worldwide.
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Vinony's link graph records 163 inbound references to Xenacanthus, and connects out to Xenacanthiformes, Ctenacanthiformes and Acanthodiformes.
Vinony files it under Carboniferous cartilaginous fish, Fossils of Brazil and Fossil taxa described in 1848.
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Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Xenacanthidae
- Image
- Xenacanthus sp fossil.jpg
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- taxon name
- Xenacanthus
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- Xenacanthus
- temporal range start
- Pennsylvanian
- temporal range end
- Permian
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Xenacanthus (from Ancient Greek ξένος, xénos, 'foreign, alien' + ἄκανθος, akanthos, 'spine') is an extinct genus of xenacanth cartilaginous fish. It lived in freshwater environments, and fossils of various species have been found worldwide.
== Description == thumb|Fossil specimen of X. gaudryi Xenacanthus is a relatively small member of its order. X. decheni reached about , X. meisenheimensis reached up to , X. (Expleuracanthus) gaudryi reached . X. parallelus is one of the smallest xenacanths, males reached and females reached , both are fully grown.
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