Gyracanthidae Temporal range: Lochkovian - Moscovian
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Reconstruction of Gyracanthus | |
Scientific 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.[1] Although it was originally classified in order Climatiiformes, later research questioned this.[2]