Mesacanthus

Mesacanthus
Temporal range: Devonian
Life reconstrucion of M. pusillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Acanthodii
Order: †Acanthodiformes
Family: †Mesacanthidae
Genus: †Mesacanthus
Traquair, 1888
Species
  • M. mitchelli
  • M. pusillus

Mesacanthus ('middle spine') is an extinct genus of acanthodian fish from Devonian Scotland.[1] It is among the more primitive of the Devonian acanthodians.

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