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Acanthodes boyi
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Taxonomy
Spiny shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cordata
Class: Acanthodii
Order: Acanthodiformes
Family: Acanthodidae
Genus: Acanthodes
Species: Acanthodes boyi
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Permian
Epoch: Cisuralian
International Age: Sakmarian
Stratigraphy
Meisenheim Formation
Jeckenbacher Subformation
Biostratigraphy
Heimkirchen- Niederkirchen Horizon
Provenance
Collector: C. Pest
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 45 -50 cm
Location
Niederkirchen" Hörnchen"
Heimkirchen, Niederkirchen
Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Comments
Accompanying fauna:
Orthacanthus senckenbergianus (Lebachacanthus colosseum)
Aeduella blainvillei
Apateon sp.
Acanthodes palatinensis
Studien überAcanthodes. 4.Acanthodes boyi n. sp., die dritte Art der Acanthodier (Acanthodii: Pisces) aus dem Rotliegend (Unterperm) des Saar-Nahe-Beckens (SW-Deutschland)
I edited the Westrichus because I got information, that this is not a Werstrichus krätschmeri. Mr Kratschmer himself told me when I showed him the fossil in July 2017, that this must be Acanthodes boyi.
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