Asteracanthus, the Glossary
Asteracanthus (from ἀστήρ, 'star' and ἄκανθα, 'spine') is an extinct genus of hybodont, known from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) to the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian).[1]
Table of Contents
14 relations: Bathonian, Benthos, Early Cretaceous, Egertonodus, Hybodontiformes, Hybodus, Incertae sedis, Louis Agassiz, Middle Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone, Strophodus, Tithonian, Tubercle, Valanginian.
- Cretaceous cartilaginous fish
- Cretaceous extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1837
- Hybodontiformes
- Jurassic cartilaginous fish
Bathonian
In the geologic timescale the Bathonian is an age and stage of the Middle Jurassic.
See Asteracanthus and Bathonian
Benthos
Benthos, also known as benthon, is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom of a sea, river, lake, or stream, also known as the benthic zone.
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.
See Asteracanthus and Early Cretaceous
Egertonodus
Egertonodus is an extinct genus of shark-like hybodont fish. Asteracanthus and Egertonodus are Cretaceous cartilaginous fish, Hybodontiformes, Jurassic cartilaginous fish and Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera.
See Asteracanthus and Egertonodus
Hybodontiformes
Hybodontiformes, commonly called hybodonts, are an extinct group of shark-like cartilaginous fish (chondrichthyans) which existed from the late Devonian to the Late Cretaceous.
See Asteracanthus and Hybodontiformes
Hybodus
Hybodus (from ύβος, 'crooked' and ὀδούς 'tooth') is an extinct genus of hybodont that lived from the Middle Triassic to the Late Cretaceous periods. Asteracanthus and Hybodus are fossil taxa described in 1837, Hybodontiformes, Jurassic cartilaginous fish, Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera and taxa named by Louis Agassiz.
Incertae sedis
of uncertain placement or problematica is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.
See Asteracanthus and Incertae sedis
Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
See Asteracanthus and Louis Agassiz
Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period.
See Asteracanthus and Middle Jurassic
Solnhofen Limestone
The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk, formally known as the Altmühltal Formation, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte that preserves a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organisms such as sea jellies.
See Asteracanthus and Solnhofen Limestone
Strophodus
Strophodus is an extinct genus of durophagous hybodont known from the Triassic to Cretaceous. Asteracanthus and Strophodus are Cretaceous cartilaginous fish, Hybodontiformes, Jurassic cartilaginous fish and taxa named by Louis Agassiz.
See Asteracanthus and Strophodus
Tithonian
In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage of the Upper Jurassic Series.
See Asteracanthus and Tithonian
Tubercle
In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.
See Asteracanthus and Tubercle
Valanginian
In the geologic timescale, the Valanginian is an age or stage of the Early or Lower Cretaceous.
See Asteracanthus and Valanginian
See also
Cretaceous cartilaginous fish
- Agaleorhynchus
- Asteracanthus
- Atlanticopristis
- Brachymylus
- Coupatezia
- Dalpiazia
- Edaphodon
- Edaphodon kawai
- Egertonodus
- Erquitaia
- Harranahynchus
- Igdabatis
- Ischyodus
- Ischyrhiza
- Lissodus
- Lonchidion
- Meristodonoides
- Micropristis
- Myledaphus
- Onchopristis
- Onchosaurus
- Pachymylus
- Palaeospinax
- Planohybodus
- Ptyktoptychion
- Pucabatis
- Pucapristis
- Schizorhiza
- Sclerorhynchus
- Skate (fish)
- Squatirhina
- Strophodus
- Tribodus
Cretaceous extinctions
- Anacoracidae
- Ancyloceratoidea
- Asteracanthus
- Baieroxylon
- Brachyopomorpha
- Candidodontidae
- Caprinidae
- Carcineretidae
- Caytonanthus
- Caytoniales
- Chresmodidae
- Cladophlebis
- Cycadeoidaceae
- Cycadeoidea
- Deinonychosauria
- Diceratidae
- Dicerocardiidae
- Dryosauridae
- Exogyra
- Gervillaria
- Gymnocodiaceae
- Harpagodes aranea
- Hemicidaridae
- Hueneosauria
- Ivoechiton
- Lycopteridae
- Mawsoniidae
- Megatrigoniidae
- Monopleura
- Nerinea
- Orthocerataceae
- Palaeoniscidae
- Palaeontinoidea
- Palmula
- Paulchoffatiidae
- Permocalculus
- Planohybodus
- Pygurus
- Sphenopteris
- Toxasteridae
- Trematosauria
- Williamsoniaceae
- Zygopteridales
Fossil taxa described in 1837
- Acrodus
- Agriotherium
- Asteracanthus
- Ceratodus
- Ctenacanthus
- Dicrocerus
- Gomphotherium
- Hybodus
- Machimosaurus
- Megalochelys
- Plateosaurus
- Pristis lathami
- Sphenacanthus
- Toxodon
- Tristychius
Hybodontiformes
- Acrodus
- Acrorhizodus
- Arctacanthus
- Asteracanthus
- Bdellodus
- Egertonodus
- Gansuselache
- Heteroptychodus
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodus
- Jiaodontus
- Lissodus
- Lonchidion
- Meristodonoides
- Palaeobates
- Parvodus
- Planohybodus
- Reesodus
- Steinbachodus
- Strophodus
- Tribodus
Jurassic cartilaginous fish
- Agaleus
- Asteracanthus
- Bdellodus
- Brachymylus
- Egertonodus
- Hybodus
- Ischyodus
- Lissodus
- Palaeospinax
- Planohybodus
- Spathobatis
- Squaloraja
- Strophodus