Scleracanthus

Scleracanthus; Temporal range: early Olenekian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
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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