Akmonistion zangerli Coates and Sequeira, 2001
Chondrichthyies
Elasmobranchii
Symmoriida
Stethacanthidae
Early Carboniferous
Shrimp Mbr, Manse Burne Fm
Scotland, UK
Length: 50 cm
Stethacanthids were strange paleozoic sharks with a peculiar first dorsal fin the function of which may have been sexual display as only adult males has it. Akmonistion zangerli from Scotland is known from a complete skeleton.
October 18, 2015
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