Poracanthodidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: †Acanthodii
Ordo: †Ischnacanthiformes
Familia: †Poracanthodidae
Genera: †Gomphonchoporus – †Machaeraporus – †?Obruchevacanthus – †Poracanthodes – †?Trundlelepis
Name

†Poracanthodidae Vergoossen, 1997

Type genus: †Poracanthodes Brotzen, 1934

References

Botella, H., Manzanares, E., Ferrón, H.G. & Martínez-Pérez, C. 2014. Obruchevacanthus ireneae gen. et sp. nov., a new ischnacanthiform (Acanthodii) from the Lower Devonian of Spain. Paleontological Journal 48(10): 1067–1076. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030114100025 Reference page.
Burrow, C.J., Turner, S., Nowlan, G.S. & Denison, R.H. 2013. Vertebrate Microremains from the Late Silurian of Arisaig, Nova Scotia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 87(6): 1041–1059. DOI: 10.1666/12-154 Reference page.
Vergoossen, J.M.J. 1997. Revision of poracanthodid acanthodians. Pp. 44–46 in Ivanov, A., Wilson, M.V.H. & Zhuravlev, A. (eds.): Circum-Arctic Palaeozoic Vertebrates: Biological and Geological Significance. St Petersburg, 23-26 September 1997. Ichthyolith Issues S.P. 4. Reference page.