Stethacanthus
Stethacanthus is an extinct genus of shark-like holocephalians which lived from the Late Devonian to Late Carboniferous epoch, dying out around 298.9 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America.
| Stethacanthus Temporal range: Late Devonian to Late Carboniferous | |
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| Restoration of S. altonensis and S. productus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
| Family: | †Stethacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Stethacanthus Newberry, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Stethacanthus altonensis St. John and Worthen, 1875 | |
| Other species | |
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