Ctenacanthoidea

Ctenacanthoidea is an extinct superfamily of prehistoric sharks. These nectonic carnivores of actively mobile appeared 407 Ma ago, and managed to survive until the early Miocene (Wodnika). Its distribution is practically worldwide.[2]

Ctenacanthoidea
Temporal range: Emsian—Early Miocene
Ctenacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: †Ctenacanthiformes
Superfamily: †Ctenacanthoidea
Zangerl, 1981
Subtaxa
  • †Anaclitacanthus
  • †Asteroptychius
  • †Bandringidae
  • †Carinacanthus
  • †Ctenacanthidae
  • †Pyknotylacanthus
  • †Rhombacanthus
  • †Tamiobatidae[1]
  • †Wodnika

References
  1. Michael E. Williams (1998). "A new specimen of Tamiobatis vetustus (Chondrichthyes, Ctenacanthoidea) from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio". Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (2): 251–260. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011054.
  2. S. Stamberg (2001). "Fin spine of a ctenacanthoid shark (Elasmobranchii, Ctenacanthoidea) from the upper Stephanian of the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin (Bohemia)". 76 (2): 141–148. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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