Brochoadmones

Brochoadmones
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acanthodii
Order: incertae sedis
Suborder: Brochoadmonoidei
Gagnier & Wilson, 1996
Family: Brochoadmonidae
Bernacsek & Dineley, 1977
Genus: Brochoadmones
Bernacsek & Dineley, 1977

Brochoadmones is an extinct genus of acanthodian from the Devonian of what is now Canada. It is the only genus in the suborder Brochoadmonoidea, whose relationship to other acanthodian orders remains currently in flux.[1]

References

  1. Gavin F. Hanke & Mark V. H. Wilson (2006). "Anatomy of the Early Devonian acanthodian Brochoadmones milesi based on nearly complete body fossils, with comments on the evolution and development of paired fins". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 526–537. JSTOR 4524599. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[526:aoteda]2.0.co;2.
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