Acmoniodus

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Acmoniodus
Temporal range: Frasnian
Acmoniodus clarkei type specimen (Bottom)
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Incertae sedis
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Acmoniodus

Hussakof & Bryant, 1918

Acmoniodus is a poorly known extinct genus of Holocephalian fish from the Devonian period. It is known only by a singular species described from the lower Frasnian-aged Geneseo Shale of New York (state): A. clarkei.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sallan, Lauren; Coates, Michael. "Supporting Information Appendix for The End-devonian Extinction And A Bottleneck In The Early Evolution Of Modern Jawed Vertebrates" (PDF) – via PNAS. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ HUSSAKOF, L. & BRYANT, W.L. (1918). Catalog of the fossil fishes in the Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 12: 1–346