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    Acanthodii or acanthodians is an extinct class of gnathostomes (jawed fishes). They are currently considered to represent a paraphyletic grade of various...
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    lampreys) Gnathostomata or jawed vertebrates, which include: †Placodermi †Acanthodii Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, (sharks, rays and ratfish) Osteichthyes...
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  • (chimaeras and extinct relatives) Class Placodermi (armoured fish) † Class Acanthodii ("spiny sharks", sometimes classified under Actinopterygii) † Superclass...
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    extinct (armored gnathostomes) └Eugnathostomata (true jawed vertebrates) ├─Acanthodii (stem cartilaginous fish) └─Chondrichthyes (true cartilaginous fish) ├─Holocephali...
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    gnathostomes) Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish; 900+ species) Class †Acanthodii (Paleozoic "spiny sharks"; paraphyletic in relation to Chondrichthyes)...
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    This article contains a list of all of the classes and orders that are located in the Phylum Chordata. Order Amphioxiformes Genus Pikaia † Order Enterogona...
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    fish known as placoderms, which evolved from the ostracoderms; and the Acanthodii (or spiny sharks). The jawed fish that are still extant in modern days...
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  • Climatiiformes (category Acanthodii)
    The Climatiiformes is an order of extinct fish belonging to the class Acanthodii. Like most other "spiny sharks", the Climatiiformes had sharp spines....
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    Females attain a larger size than males. The largest of the now-extinct Acanthodii was Xylacanthus grandis, an ischnacanthiform based on a ~35 cm (14 in)...
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    ? †Acanthodii...
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    during evolution (e.g. additional dorsal fins, adipose fin). In some †Acanthodii ("spiny sharks"), one or more pairs of "intermediate" or "prepelvic" spines...
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    Clade: Eugnathostomata Clade: Teleostomi C. L. Bonaparte, 1836 Subgroups †Acanthodii Euteleostomi ("Osteichthyes") Actinopterygii (majority of all fish) Sarcopterygii...
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    Gavin F. (2008). "Promesacanthus eppleri n. gen., n. sp., a mesacanthid (Acanthodii, Acanthodiformes) from the Lower Devonian of northern Canada" (PDF). Geodiversitas...
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    Chondrichthyes †"Acanthodii" Elasmobranchii Holocephali...
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    Cyclostomata, which includes lampreys and hagfishes. Paleontology portal Acanthodii Placoderm Benton, Michael (2009) Vertebrate Palaeontology Edition 3, page...
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    classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: †Acanthodii Order: †Ischnacanthiformes Family: †Acritolepidae Genus: †Nerepisacanthus...
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    updated cladogram (Zhu et al., 2016): Paleontology portal Fish portal Acanthodii List of placoderms Ostracoderm Chondrichthyes Entelognathus If paraphyletic...
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    †Placodermi (paraphyletic) Eugnathostomata Total group Chondrichthyes †Acanthodii (paraphyletic) Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) Osteichthyes (bony...
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    List of acanthodian genera (category Acanthodii)
    comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the subclass Acanthodii, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted...
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    Gyracanthides (category Acanthodii genera)
    redescription and reinterpretation of Gyracanthides murrayi Woodward 1906 (Acanthodii, Gyracanthidae) from the Lower Carboniferous of the Mansfield Basin, Victoria...
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    †Ptyctodontida †Rhenanida †Acanthothoraci †Pseudopetalichthyida? †Stensioellida? †Acanthodii †Acanthodiformes †"Climatiiformes" †Diplacanthiformes †Ischnacanthiformes...
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    †Ptyctodontida †Rhenanida †Acanthothoraci †Pseudopetalichthyida? †Stensioellida? †Acanthodii †Acanthodiformes †"Climatiiformes" †Diplacanthiformes †Ischnacanthiformes...
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    †Ptyctodontida †Rhenanida †Acanthothoraci †Pseudopetalichthyida? †Stensioellida? †Acanthodii †Acanthodiformes †"Climatiiformes" †Diplacanthiformes †Ischnacanthiformes...
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    Parameteoraspis reached up to 1 m (3.3 ft). The largest of the now-extinct Acanthodii was Xylacanthus grandis, an ischnacanthiform based on a ~35 cm (14 in)...
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    Ischnacanthus is an extinct genus of jawed fish in the class Acanthodii. It lived during Pridoli to Lochkovian, type species I. gracilis is only known...
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    the bony and cartilaginous fishes, and their extinct descendants, the Acanthodii (without cartilaginous fishes), are not included here. This list includes...
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    Tetanopsyrus is a genus of Acanthodii. There are two species of this genus that lived through the lower Devonian (Lochkovian), some 416 to 359 million...
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    †Ptyctodontida †Rhenanida †Acanthothoraci †Pseudopetalichthyida? †Stensioellida? †Acanthodii †Acanthodiformes †"Climatiiformes" †Diplacanthiformes †Ischnacanthiformes...
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    Diplacanthus (category Acanthodii)
    Diplacanthus is an extinct genus of Mid to Late Devonian fish in the class Acanthodii, known as spiny sharks. The genus was named by Louis Agassiz in 1843....
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    fishes, ganoine or ganoine-like tissues are also found on the extinct acanthodii. It has been suggested that ganoine is homologous to tooth enamel in vertebrates...
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