Podoliacanthus
| Podoliacanthus Temporal range: Early Devonian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Acanthodii |
| Order: | Ischnacanthiformes |
| Family: | Ischnacanthidae |
| Genus: | Podoliacanthus Voichyshyn & Szaniawski, 2012 |
Podoliacanthus is an extinct genus of Acanthodii ("spiky sharks") which existed in what is now Greenland and Ukraine during the early Devonian period. It was described by Victor Voichyshyn and Hubert Szaniawski in 2012, and the type species is Podoliacanthus zychi. It also contains three presently undescribed species.[1]
References
- ↑ Victor Voichyshyn & Hubert Szaniawski (2012). "Acanthodian jaw bones from Lower Devonian marine deposits of Podolia, Ukraine". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (in press). doi:10.4202/app.2011.0079.
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