Scleracanthus

Scleracanthus Temporal range: early Olenekian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Order:	Actinistia
Family:	†Coelacanthidae
Genus:	†Scleracanthus Stensiö, 1921
Binomial name
†Scleracanthus asper Stensiö, 1921

Scleracanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth lobe-finned fish.^[1]^[2]^[3] It lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Spitsbergen, Svalbard.^[4]^[3]

The type and only species, Scleracanthus asper, was collected from the Lusitaniadalen Member of the Vikinghøgda Formation and is therefore Smithian (early Olenekian) in age.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Forey, Peter (1998). History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-412-78480-4.
^ Jordan, David Starr (1923). A Classification of Fishes. Stanford University Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c Stensiö, Erik (1921). Triassic fishes from Spitzbergen. Vienna: Adolf Holzhausen. pp. xxviii + 307. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.159141. S2CID 83338211.
^ ^a ^b Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.

see Gnathostomata
Actinistia	see below↓

Actinistia

Actinistia sensu lato

†Styloichthys?
†"Onychodontiformes"	Bukkanodus Grossius Luckeus Onychodus Qingmenodus Selenodus Strunius

Actinistia sensu stricto

†Eoactinistia †Euporosteus †Hainbergia †Nesides †Scleracanthus †Shoshonia †Styloichthys? †Youngichthys †Youngolepis?
†Miguashaiidae	Gavinia Miguashaia
†Diplocercidae	Chagrinia Dictyonosteus Diplocercides Serenichthys
†Hadronectoridae	Allenypterus Hadronector Holopterygius Lochmocercus Polyosteorhynchus
†Rhabdodermatidae	Caridosuctor Coelacanthopsis? Dumfregia Rhabdoderma Sassenia Spermatodus Synaptotylus
†Laugiidae	Belemnocerca Coccoderma Laugia Trachymetopon

†Garnbergia
†Mawsoniidae	Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis
Latimeriidae	†Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma †Macropomoides †Megalocoelacanthus †Rieppelia †Swenzia †Ticinepomis †Undina

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