Akmonistion
Akmonistion Temporal range: Early Carboniferous | |
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Akmonistion zangerli | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Symmoriida |
Family: | Stethacanthidae |
Genus: | Akmonistion |
Species: | A. zangerli |
Binomial name | |
Akmonistion zangerli Coates & Sequeira, 2001 | |
Akmonistion is an extinct genus of shark that lived in the Early Carboniferous. Its remains have been found in Scotland.
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)