Metopacanthus
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
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Metopacanthus is an extinct genus of holocephalan cartilaginous fish from the Early Jurassic epoch in Europe. It is known from the Toarcian of the Posidonia Shale of Germany. It has an unusual jaw-like structure over the skull.[1] It had long fin spine with length of 33 cm (13 in).[2]
| Metopacanthus Temporal range: | |
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| Type specimen of M. granulatus, which was historically considered a species of Myriacanthus | |
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| Life reconstruction of a male M. bollensis, with body reconstructed after Chimaeropsis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | †Myriacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Metopacanthus Zittel, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| †Metopacanthus granulatus | |
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