| Gyracanthidae | |
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| Reconstruction ofGyracanthus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Acanthodii |
| Order: | †Climatiiformes (?) |
| Family: | †Gyracanthidae Woodward, 1906 |
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Gyracanthidae is a family of extinct fish belonging to the classAcanthodii, known from earlyDevonian to lateCarboniferous. Members are characterized by large, broad-based, paired fin spines with the pectoral fin spines having a distinct longitudinal curvature.[1] Although it was originally classified in orderClimatiiformes, later research questioned this.[2]
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