Akmonistion

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Akmonistion Fossil range: Early Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Symmoriida Family: Stethacanthidae Genus: Akmonistion Coates and Sequeira, 2001
Species
A. zangerli Coates and Sequeira, 2001 (type)

Akmonistion is an extinct genus of shark that lived in the Early Carboniferous. Its remains have been found in Scotland.

[edit] Sources

• Vertebrate Palaeontology, by Michael J. Benton
• Coates, M.I., and Sequeira, S.E.K. 2001. A new stethacanthid chondrichthyan from the lower Carboniferous of Bearsdon, Scotland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):438–459. (abstract at link)