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Triazeugacanthus

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Triazeugacanthus
Temporal range: Devonian
Development of the squamation pattern in T. affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Acanthodii
Order: Acanthodiformes
Family: Acanthodidae
Genus: Triazeugacanthus
Miles, 1966
Species:
T. affinis
Binomial name
Triazeugacanthus affinis
Whiteaves, 1887

Triazeugacanthus is an extinct genus of spiny shark from the Devonian of Canada. It contains a single species, Triazeugacanthus affinis.[1] With total length up to 5.272 centimetres (2.076 in), it is known from multiple ontogenetic stages.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "†Triazeugacanthus Miles 1966 (spiny fish)". Paleobiology Database.
  2. ^ Chevrinais, Marion; Sire, Jean-Yves; Cloutier, Richard (2017-04-12). "From body scale ontogeny to species ontogeny: Histological and morphological assessment of the Late Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis from Miguasha, Canada". PLOS ONE. 12 (4): e0174655. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1274655C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174655. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5389634. PMID 28403168.