Bythiacanthus vanhornei

St. John & Worthen, 1875


Classification: Elasmobranchii Ctenacanthiformes Heslerodidae

Reference of the original description
St.John, O.H. & Worthen, A.H. (1875)
Palaeontolgoy of Illinois. Descriptions of fossil fishes. Geological Survey of Illinois, 6, 245–488

Types
Bythiacanthus vanhornei



Description:


Citation: Bythiacanthus vanhornei St. John & Worthen, 1875: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025

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References
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DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Maisey, J.G. (2010)
Heslerodidae (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii), a new family of Paleozoic phalacanthous sharks. Kirtlandia, 57, 13–21
Itano, W.M. & Houck, K.J. & Lockley, M.G. (2003)
Ctenacanthus and Other Chondrichthyan Spines and Denticles from the Minturn Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Colorado. Journal of Paleontology, 77(3), 524–535
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0524:CAOCSA>2.0.CO;2
Maisey, J.G. (1982)
Studies on the Paleozoic selachian genus Ctenacanthus Agassiz. No. 2, Bythiacanthus St. John and Worthen, Amelacanthus, new genus, Eunemacanthus St. John and Worthen, Sphenacanthus Agassiz, and Wodnika Münster. American Museum Novitates, 2722, 1–24
St.John, O.H. & Worthen, A.H. (1875)
Palaeontolgoy of Illinois. Descriptions of fossil fishes. Geological Survey of Illinois, 6, 245–488