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Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes

Metopacanthus
Temporal range: Toarcian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: †Myriacanthidae
Genus: †Metopacanthus
Type species
†Metopacanthus Granulatus
Other species
  • †Metopacanthus bollensis

Metopacanthus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Early Jurassic epoch in Europe. It is known from the Toarcian of the Posidonia Shale of Germany. It has an unusual jaw-like structure over the skull. It had long fin spine with length of 33 cm (13 in).

References

  1. E. Fraas. 1910. Chimäridenreste aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 66:55-63
  2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart.; Stuttgart, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in; Naturkunde, Staatliches Museum für (1983). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Stuttgart: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde.
Taxon identifiers
Metopacanthus


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