Sphenacanthus hybodoides

(Egerton, 1853)


Classification: Elasmobranchii incert. sedis Sphenacanthidae

Reference of the original description
Egerton, P.M.G. (1853)
Palichthyologic notes. No. 5. On two new species of placoid fishes from the Coal Measures. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 9, 280–282

Types
Sphenacanthus hybodoides
Holotype: NHMUK: PV P 2222;


Description:


Citation: Sphenacanthus hybodoides (Egerton, 1853): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 01/2026

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Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=6524;
valid after Woodward (1889) p. 242 [2593], Maisey (1982) p. 20 [1528]

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
Abel, R.L. & Laurini, C.R. & Richter, M. (2012)
A palaeobiologist's guide to ‘virtual' micro-CT preparation. Palaeontologia Electronica, 15(2), 1–17
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
Traquair, R.H. (1903)
On the distribution of fossil fish-remains in the Carboniferous rocks of the Edinburgh district. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 40(3), 687–707
DOI: 10.1017/S0080456800034761
Woodward, A.S. (1889)
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.