Gyracanthus
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
| Gyracanthus Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Bashkirian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Shoulder girdle and pectoral fin spine of Gyracanthus sherwoodi, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Acanthodii |
| Order: | †Climatiiformes (?) |
| Family: | †Gyracanthidae |
| Genus: | †Gyracanthus Agassiz, 1837[1] |
Gyracanthus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine')[2] is an extinct genus of acanthodian.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Gyracanthus".
- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 74. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Snyder, D., Turner, S., Burrow, C. J., & Daeschler, E. B. (2017). “Gyracanthus” sherwoodi (Gnathostomata, Gyracanthidae) from the Late Devonian of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 165(1), 195–219.
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