Myriacanthidae
| Myriacanthidae Temporal range: Latest Triassic-Early Jurassic | |
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| Fossil of Acanthorhina | |
| Life restoration of a male Metopacanthus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | †Myriacanthidae Woodward 1889 |
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Myriacanthidae is an extinct family of holocephalan cartilaginous fish, closely related to living chimaeras. Fossils are known from the latest Triassic (Rhaetian) and Early Jurassic of Europe.