Stethacanthus
| Stethacanthus Temporal range: Late Devonian to Late Carboniferous | |
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| Fossil spine of S. altonensis | |
| Restoration of S. altonensis and S. productus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
| Family: | †Stethacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Stethacanthus Newberry, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Stethacanthus altonensis St. John and Worthen, 1875 | |
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Stethacanthus is an extinct genus of shark-like cartilaginous fish which lived from the Late Devonian to Late Carboniferous epoch, dying out around 298.9 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America.