Asteracanthus
| Asteracanthus Temporal range: Devonian–Cretaceous |
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| Dorsal fin-spine ornamented by stellate tubercles of Asteracanthus ornatissimus. Jurassic of England | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | Hybodontidae |
| Genus: |
Asteracanthus L. Agassiz, 1837 |
Asteracanthus is an extinct genus of Elasmobranchii (sharks belonging to the family Hybodontidae.
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian to the Cretaceous (age range: from 416.0 to 70.6 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of United States, Iran, Switzerland, Madagascar and Europe.
Species within this genus include:
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