Amelacanthus laevis

(Davis, 1883)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Ctenacanthiformes

Reference of the original description
Davis, J.W. (1883)
On the fossil fishes of the Carboniferous Limestone Series of Great Britain. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series 2, 1: 327–548

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Ctenacanthus laevis

Types
Amelacanthus laevis
Holotype: NHMUK: PV P 2531;


Description:


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References
Schnetz, L. & Dunne, E.M. & Feichtinger, I. & Butler, R.J. & Coates, M.I. & Sansom, I.J. (2024)
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Maisey, J.G. (1982)
Studies on the Paleozoic selachian genus Ctenacanthus Agassiz. No. 2, Bythiacanthus St. John and Worthen, Amelacanthus, new genus, Eunemacanthus St. John and Worthen, Sphenacanthus Agassiz, and Wodnika Münster. American Museum Novitates, 2722, 1–24
Woodward, A.S. (1891)
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. containing the Elasmobranchii (Acanthodii). Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi, and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and chondrostean Actinopterygii). XLIV + 567 pp.(Taylor & Francis), London.
Davis, J.W. (1883)
On the fossil fishes of the Carboniferous Limestone Series of Great Britain. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series 2, 1: 327–548