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Extinct family of acanthodian

Gyracanthidae
Temporal range: 419.2–307.0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N Lochkovian - Moscovian
Reconstruction of Gyracanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acanthodii
Order: Climatiiformes (?)
Family: Gyracanthidae
Woodward, 1906
Genera

Gyracanthidae is a family of extinct fish belonging to the class Acanthodii, known from early Devonian to late Carboniferous. Members are characterized by large, broad-based, paired fin spines with the pectoral fin spines having a distinct longitudinal curvature. Although it was originally classified in order Climatiiformes, later research questioned this.

References

  1. Warren, Anne; Currie, Bryan P.; Burrow, Carole; Turner, Susan (2000-06-27). "A redescription and reinterpretation of Gyracanthides murrayi Woodward 1906 (Acanthodii, Gyracanthidae) from the Lower Carboniferous of the Mansfield Basin, Victoria, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (2): 225–242. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0225:ARAROG]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 130940413.
  2. Turner, Susan; Burrow, Carole J.; Warren, Anne (2005). "Gyracanthides hawkinsi sp. nov. (Acanthodii, Gyracanthidae) from the Lower Carboniferous of Queensland, Australia, with a Review of Gyracanthid Taxa". Palaeontology. 48 (5): 963–1006. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00479.x. ISSN 0031-0239. S2CID 84735724.
Total group Chondrichthyes (including "acanthodians")
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
    • see below↓
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes
Sinacanthidae
"Ischnacanthiformes"
Acritolepidae
Ischnacanthidae
Podoliacanthidae
Poracanthodidae
Diplacanthiformes
Diplacanthidae
Acanthodiformes
Acanthodidae
Cheiracanthidae
Mesacanthidae
"Climatiiformes"
and related taxa
Climatiidae
Gyracanthidae
"Conventionally defined
chondrichthyans"
    • see below↓
Ischnacanthus gracilis

Diplacanthus sp. Acanthodes lopatini

Brochoadmones milesi
"Conventionally defined chondrichthyans"
"Conventionally defined chondrichthyans"
Antarctilamnidae
Mcmurdodontidae
Pucapampellidae
Omalodontiformes
Aztecodontidae
Omalodontidae
"Ctenacanthiformes"
Ctenacanthidae
Heslerodidae
Jalodontidae
Phoebodontidae
Symmoriiformes
Cladoselachidae?
Falcatidae
Symmoriidae
Bransonelliformes
Xenacanthiformes
Diplodoselachidae
Xenacanthidae
Crown-Chondrichthyes
Doliodus problematicus

Ctenacanthus concinnus Cobelodus sp.

Xenacanthus decheni
Incertae sedis scale-based taxa
Altholepidiformes?
Elegestolepidida?
Elegestolepididae
Mongolepidida?
Mongolepididae
Shiqianolepidae
Tchunacanthidae
Vesperaliidae
Others
Taxon identifiers
Climatiiformes


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