Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthidae is an extinct family of prehistoric sharks in the order Ctenacanthiformes.[2] Species of the different genera are found in strata ranging from Devonian to Cretaceous,[3] with a worldwide distribution.
| Ctenacanthidae Temporal range:  Emsian—Valanginian  | |
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| Fossil of Ctenacanthus major | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Chondrichthyes | 
| Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes | 
| Superfamily: | †Ctenacanthoidea | 
| Family: | †Ctenacanthidae Dean, 1909[1]  | 
| Type genus | |
| †Ctenacanthus Agassiz, 1837  | |
| Genera | |
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References
    
- B. Dean, 1909, Studies on fossil fishes (sharks, chimaeroids and arthrodires. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Part V, v 9: 211–287
 - "Ctenacanthidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
 - Feichtinger, Iris; Engelbrecht, Andrea; Lukeneder, Alexander; Kriwet, Jürgen (2020-07-02). "New chondrichthyans characterised by cladodont-like tooth morphologies from the Early Cretaceous of Austria, with remarks on the microstructural diversity of enameloid". Historical Biology. 32 (6): 823–836. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1539971. ISSN 0891-2963.
 
External links
    
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