Nemacanthus Explained

Nemacanthus (from Greek, Modern (1453-);: νέμω, 'to distribute' and Greek, Modern (1453-);: ἄκανθα, 'spine')^[1] is an extinct genus of prehistoric sharks in the family Palaeospinacidae.

The species N. elegans is from the Triassic of Idaho, United States.^[2]

See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera

References

• Maisey, J. G. (1977). "The fossil selachian fishes Palaeospinax Egerton, 1872 and Nemacanthus Agassiz, 1837". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60 (3): 259–273.

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberts . George . An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology . 1839 . Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans . London . 119 . 31 December 2021 . English.
2. H. M. Evans. 1904. A new cestraciont spine from the Lower Triassic of Idaho. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(18), pages 397-402