Acanthorhina

Acanthorhina is an extinct genus of chimaera from the Toarcian age of the Jurassic period.^[1] It currently contains a single species, A. jaekeli known from the Posidonia shale of Holzmaden, Germany.^[2][3]

Acanthorhina Temporal range: Toarcian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Acanthorhina jaekeli from the Jurassic of Germany
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Holocephali
Order:	Chimaeriformes
Family:	Myriacanthidae
Genus:	†Acanthorhina
Species:	†A. jaekeli
Binomial name
†Acanthorhina jaekeli Fraas, 1910

References

1. "Fossilworks: Acanthorhina". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
2. Fraas, E. (1910), Chimäridenreste aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg, 66: 55–63
3. Duffin, Christopher J. (Jan 1981). "The fin spine of a new holocephalan from the lower jurassic of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England". Geobios. 14 (4): 469–475. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(81)80122-2. ISSN 0016-6995.