Phylum Chordata Order Hybodontiformes | Rank Genus Subclass Elasmobranchii | |
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Similar Hybodontiformes, Acrodus, Hybodus, Elasmobranchii, Lissodus |
Asteracanthus is an extinct genus of Elasmobranchii (sharks belonging to the family Hybodontidae.
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Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian to the Cretaceous (age range: from 416.0 to 70.6 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of United States, Iran, Switzerland, Madagascar and Europe.
Species
Species within this genus include:







References
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