Xenacanthida


Xenacanthida is an order of prehistoric sharks that appeared during the Lower Carboniferous period. The order includes the families Xenacanthidae, Diplodoselachidae, and Orthacanthidae. The most notable members of the group are the genera Xenacanthus and Orthacanthus. Some Xenacanthida may have grown to lengths of. Most forms had large serrated spines extending backwards from the neck. Xenacanthus had characteristic teeth. Most Xenacanthus died out at the end of the Permian in the Permian Mass Extinction, with only a few forms surviving into the Triassic period.
The foundation of the tooth is prolonged linguistically with a circlet button and a basal tubercle on the oral and aboral surfaces individually. Xenacanthida’s teeth are famed by articulated bones, cephalic vertebrae and isolated teeth and found global in each aquatic and clean environment. The family Xenacanthidae consist of five generals that are Xenacanthus, Triodus, Plicatodus, Mooreodontus and Wurdigneria; all of these are distinguished by cross sections of the points, crown center, length of the median edge, type of vertical cristae, and microscopic anatomy. these kinds of fishes are largely marked from Paleozoic remains and their diversity cut drastically throughout the period of their extinction.

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