Extinct genus of jawless fishes
Acanthodus
Temporal range: Late Cambrian–Early Ordovician
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W: Acanthodus uncinatus Furnish; lateral view of non-serrate suberectiform element, from upper part of middle Gasconade Dolomites at Phillips Quarry, X 50, USNM 498518.
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Scientific classification
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Order:
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†Protopanderodontida
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Family:
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†Acanthodontidae
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Genus:
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†Acanthodus
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Species
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- †Acanthodus costatus
- †Acanthodus humachensis
- †Acanthodus raqueli
- †Acanthodus uncinatus
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Acanthodus is an extinct genus of conodonts.
Acanthodus humachensis and A. raqueli are from then Late Cambrian (late Furongian) or early Ordovician (Tremadocian) of the Santa Rosita Formation in Argentina.[2]