Orcadacanthus, Newman & L. & Burrow & Jones & Davidson, 2023

Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger & Davidson, Robert G., 2023, The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1), pp. 1-31 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26879/1070
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/857D5D7F-DA96-481F-B6AD-45803BB25622
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scientific name	Orcadacanthus
status	gen. nov.

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Genus ORCADACANTHUS n. gen.

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Type and only known species. Orcadacanthus pusillus ( Agassiz, 1844) n. comb.

Diagnosis. As for the type species.

Etymology. Orcad-, referring to the Orcadian Basin where the genus is found, and -acanthus, Greek for thorn.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Acanthodii
Order	Acanthodiformes
Family	Mesacanthidae

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