Scleracanthus

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Scleracanthus
Temporal range: early Olenekian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Coelacanthidae
Genus: Scleracanthus
Stensiö, 1921
Type species
Scleracanthus asper
Stensiö, 1921

Scleracanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth lobe-finned fish. [1] [2] [3] It lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Spitsbergen, Svalbard. [4] [3]

The type and only species, Scleracanthus asper, was collected from the Lusitaniadalen Member of the Vikinghøgda Formation and is therefore Smithian (early Olenekian) in age. [3] [4]

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References

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