Atopacanthus juvai Hairapetian and Burrow 2016 (spiny fish)

Chondrichthyes - Ischnacanthida

Full reference: V. Hairapetian and C. J. Burrow. 2016. A new ischnacanthiform (Acanthodii) from the latest Devonian of Iran and the palaeogeography of Late Devonian ischnacanthiforms. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 124(78):227-232

Belongs to Atopacanthus according to V. Hairapetian and C. J. Burrow 2016

Sister taxa: Atopacanthus dentatus, Atopacanthus peculiaris

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chahriseh section, Kaftari Mountain (Devonian of Iran)

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