Acanthodes splendidus

Heidtke, 2011


Classification: Acanthodiformes Acanthodidae

Reference of the original description
Heidtke, U.H.J. (2011)
Revision der unterpermischen Acanthodier ( Acanthodii : Pisces ) des südwestdeutschen SaarNaheBeckens. Mitteilungen der Pollichia, 95, 15–41

Types
Acanthodes splendidus
Holotype: POL: F 1991/5 BGC 195;


Description:


Citation: Acanthodes splendidus Heidtke, 2011: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 09/2026

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Description
Original diagnosis after Heidtke, 2011 [35442]: ~ 80 cm in total length and slender; neurocranium and labyrinth unossified; jaws and branchial basket ossified; head and branchial basket of equal length, gill-arches with well-mineralized gill-rakers; five segments of circum-orbital ring poorly ornamented by small knob-like tubercles; pectoral spine broad and long with a deep Channel along lateral surface; vertebral column unossified; surface of body completely cover-ed with large scales; membranes of dorsal and anal fins completely covered by smaller scales.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=17741

References
Heidtke, U.H.J. (2011)
Revision der unterpermischen Acanthodier ( Acanthodii : Pisces ) des südwestdeutschen SaarNaheBeckens. Mitteilungen der Pollichia, 95, 15–41