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A redescription of the Early Carboniferous acanthodian Acanthodes lopatini Rohon, 1889
Author(s) -
Beznosov Pavel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta zoologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1463-6395
pISSN - 0001-7272
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00352.x
Subject(s) - biology , carboniferous , synonym (taxonomy) , ontogeny , zoology , genus , paleontology , taxonomy (biology) , genetics , structural basin
Investigation of numerous well‐preserved specimens of Early Carboniferous acanthodians collected over recent decades from southern central Siberia allowed their redescription as Acanthodes lopatini Rohon, 1889. The morphological characteristics supporting this classification, some peculiarities of ontogeny and a new reconstruction of this species are given. The genus Carycinacanthus Miles 1966 is regarded as a junior synonym of Acanthodes . Homalacanthus bergi (Obruchev 1962) is regarded as a junior synonym of A. lopatini .