Xenacanthus (from Ancient Greek ξένος, xénos, 'foreign, alien' + ἄκανθος, akanthos, 'spine') is an extinct genus of xenacanth cartilaginous fish. It lived in freshwater environments, and fossils of various species have been found worldwide.
135–145. doi:10.1590/0001-37652014107612. ISSN 0001-3765. Data related to Xenacanthus at Wikispecies Media related to Xenacanthus at Wikimedia Commons...
surfaces individually. The family Xenacanthidae consists of five genera: Xenacanthus, Triodus, Plicatodus, Mooreodontus and Wurdigneria; all of these are...
categorized the Chlamydoselachus anguineus species to the fossil genus Xenacanthus that existed from the late Devonian period to the end of the Triassic...
initially only known from isolated teeth, which were assigned to the genus Xenacanthus in 1970 based on the belief that all Upper Paleozoic xenacanthids belonged...
in a separate paper, the same specimen was described under the name Xenacanthus dechenii. One year later, in 1849, Dr. Jordan mistakenly identified this...
there were lakes and/or rivers containing fish such as the cartilaginous Xenacanthus, the lobe-finned Chinlea and the dipnoan Ceratodus. On the margins of...
Beds ecosystem, feeding on a variety of organisms such as the shark Xenacanthus[citation needed], the aquatic amphibians Trimerorhachis and Diplocaulus...
Elasmobranch in order Xenacanthida. Expleuracanthus E. cf. E. parallelus Xenacanthus Indeterminate Hamiltonichthys H. mapesi A Hybodont elasmobranch. Petalodus...
non-diagnostic remains. It is probably a junior synonym of Triodus or Xenacanthus. Paleontology portal Luccisano, Vincent; Pradel, Alan; Amiot, Romain;...
Calamites, ferns, and conifers. Marine life present in the bonebed include Xenacanthus, ostracods, and lungfish. The Geraldine Bonebed is most famous as a prolific...
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