Acanthodiformes Explained

Acanthodiformes is an order of acanthodian fishes which lived from the Early Devonian to Early Permian.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Subtaxa

• Family Acanthodidae
  • Genus Acanthodes
  • Genus Acanthodopsis
  • Genus Traquairichthys?
  • Genus Utahacanthus?
  • Genus Triazeugacanthus
  • Genus Westrichus
• Family Cheiracanthidae
  • Genus Cheiracanthus
  • Genus Fallodentus
  • Genus Ginkgolepis
  • Genus Haplacanthus
  • Genus Homalacanthus?
  • Genus Markacanthus
• Family Howittacanthidae
  • Genus Halimacanthodes
  • Genus Howittacanthes
• Family Mesacanthidae
  • Genus Lodeacanthus
  • Genus Melanoacanthus
  • Genus Mesacanthus
  • Genus Promesacanthus
  • Genus Teneracanthus
  • Genus Triazeugacanthus?

Notes and References

1. Zajíc. Jaroslav. 1995. Some consequences of recent investigations on the family Acanthodidae Huxley; 1861. Geobios. 28. supp2. 167–169. 10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80107-3.
2. Hanke. Gavin F.. 2008. Promesacanthus eppleri n. gen., n. sp., a mesacanthid (Acanthodii, Acanthodiformes) from the Lower Devonian of northern Canada. Geodiversitas. 30. 2. 287–302.
3. Burrow . Carole J. . Trinajstic . Kate . Kate Trinajstic . Long . John . 2012 . First acanthodian from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia . Historical Biology . 24 . 4 . 349–357 . 10.1080/08912963.2012.660150.