Metopacanthus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Early Jurassic epoch in Europe. It is known from the Toarcian of the Posidonia Shale of Germany. It is unusual due to being an extrange aberrant Chimaera, with a jaw-like structure over the skull.[1] It had long fin spine with length of 33 cm (13 in).[2]
^E. Fraas. 1910. Chimäridenreste aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 66:55-63
^Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart.; Stuttgart, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in; Naturkunde, Staatliches Museum für (1983). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Stuttgart: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde.
metopacanthus, extinct, genus, cartilaginous, fish, from, early, jurassic, epoch, europe, known, from, toarcian, posidonia, shale, germany, unusual, being, extrange, aberrant, chimaera, with, like, structure, over, skull, long, spine, with, length, temporal, r. Metopacanthus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Early Jurassic epoch in Europe It is known from the Toarcian of the Posidonia Shale of Germany It is unusual due to being an extrange aberrant Chimaera with a jaw like structure over the skull 1 It had long fin spine with length of 33 cm 13 in 2 MetopacanthusTemporal range Toarcian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NLife restorationScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ChondrichthyesSubclass HolocephaliOrder ChimaeriformesFamily MyriacanthidaeGenus MetopacanthusType species Metopacanthus GranulatusOther species Metopacanthus bollensisReferences edit nbsp Paleontology portal E Fraas 1910 Chimaridenreste aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden Jahreshefte des Vereins fur Vaterlandische Naturkunde in Wurttemberg 66 55 63 Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde in Stuttgart Stuttgart Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde in Naturkunde Staatliches Museum fur 1983 Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Stuttgart Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde nbsp This article about a prehistoric holocephalan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Metopacanthus amp oldid 1210668288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
