Orthacanthus platypternus

Taxonavigation: Xenacanthida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Ordo: † Xenacanthida

Familia: Orthacanthidae
Genus: Orthacanthus

Species: †Orthacanthus platypternus

Name

†Orthacanthus platypternus (Cope, 1884)

Synonyms

• †Didymodus platypternus Cope, 1884
• †Diacranodus platypternus (Cope, 1884)
• †Xenacanthus platypternus (Cope, 1884)

References

• Beck, K.G., Soler-Gijón, R., Carlucci, J.R. & Willis, R.E. 2016. Morphology and histology of dorsal spines of the xenacanthid shark Orthacanthus platypternus from the Lower Permian of Texas, USA: palaeobiological and palaeoenvironmental implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 61(1): 97–117. DOI: 10.4202/app.00126.2014 Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1884. On the structure of the skull in the elasmobranch genus Didymodus. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 21: 572–590. Reference page.