Acanthodes
| Acanthodes Temporal range: Early Carboniferous to Early Permian
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| Life Restoration of Acanthodes lopatini | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | †Acanthodii |
| Order: | †Acanthodiformes |
| Family: | †Acanthodidae |
| Genus: | †Acanthodes Agassiz, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthodes bronni Agassiz, 1833
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Acanthodes (from Greek: ἄκανθώδης akanthódis, 'provided with spines') is an extinct genus of acanthodian fish. Species have been found in Europe, North America, and Asia, spanning the Early Carboniferous to the Early Permian, making it one of the youngest known acanthodian genera.