Gyracanthus
| Gyracanthus Temporal range:
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| Shoulder girdle and pectoral fin spine of Gyracanthus sherwoodi, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | †Acanthodii |
| Order: | †Climatiiformes (?) |
| Family: | †Gyracanthidae |
| Genus: | †Gyracanthus Agassiz, 1837 |
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Gyracanthus (from Greek: γύρος gyros, 'curved' and Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine') is an extinct genus of acanthodian.