Stethacanthidae Fossil range: Devonian - Carboniferous
A pair of Stethacanthus altonensis.
Scientific classification
Order:	Symmoriida
Family:	Stethacanthidae
Genera:	Stethacanthus Akmonistion

Stethacanthidae is an extinct family of sharks existed during the Carboniferous period. These sharks resembled falcatids except that a spine-brush complex emerged from the dorsum.

ReferencesEdit

http://comenius.susqu.edu/biol/202/Animals/DEUTEROSTOMES/CRANIATA/CHONDRICHTHYES.htm

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