Gyracanthus

Gyracanthus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Bashkirian
Shoulder girdle and pectoral fin spine of Gyracanthus sherwoodi, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Acanthodii
Order: †Climatiiformes (?)
Family: †Gyracanthidae
Genus: †Gyracanthus
Agassiz, 1837[1]
Artist's reconstruction of Gyracanthus

Gyracanthus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine')[2] is an extinct genus of acanthodian.[3]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Gyracanthus".
  2. ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 74. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ Snyder, D., Turner, S., Burrow, C. J., & Daeschler, E. B. (2017). “Gyracanthus” sherwoodi (Gnathostomata, Gyracanthidae) from the Late Devonian of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 165(1), 195–219.