Diplacanthiformes (also known as Diplacanthida, Diplacanthoidei, or Diplacanthini) is an order of "acanthodian" stem-chondrichthyans which lived during the Devonian Period.[1]
| Diplacanthiformes Temporal range:
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| Diplacanthus acus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Acanthodii |
| Order: | †Diplacanthiformes Berg, 1940 |
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Subtaxa
edit- incertae sedis
- Genus Bryantonchus
- Genus Culmacanthus
- Genus Devononchus
- Genus Striacanthus
- Genus Tetanopsyrus
- Family Diplacanthidae
- Genus Diplacanthus
- Genus Milesacanthus
- Genus Ptychodictyon
- Genus Rhadinacanthus
- Family Gladiobranchidae?
- Genus Gladiobranchus
- Genus Uraniacanthus?
References
edit- ^ Hanke, Gavin F.; Davis, Samuel P.; Wilson, Mark V.H. (2001). "New species of the acanthodian genus Tetanopsyrus from northern Canada, and comments on related taxa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (4): 740–753. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0740:NSOTAG]2.0.CO;2.
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