Acanthodes

Acanthodes; Temporal range: Early Carboniferous to Early Permian
	Life Restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Acanthodii
Order:	†Acanthodiformes
Family:	†Acanthodidae
Genus:	†Acanthodes; Agassiz, 1833
Type species
	Acanthodes bronni ; Agassiz, 1833
Species
	See text

Acanthodes (from Greek: ἄκανθώδης akanthódis, 'provided with spines')^[2] is an extinct genus of acanthodian fish. Species have been found in Europe, North America, and Asia, spanning the Early Carboniferous to the Early Permian, making it one of the youngest known acanthodian genera.^[3]

^ Woodward, Arthur Smith (1889). Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) . London, Printed by order of the Trustees. p. 2.
^ Dean, Bashford (1895). Fishes, living and fossil. An outline of their forms and probable relationships. New York, London, Macmillan and Co. p. 227.
^ Beznosov, Pavel (May 2009). "A redescription of the Early Carboniferous acanthodian Acanthodes lopatini Rohon, 1889". Acta Zoologica. 90: 183–193. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00352.x.

[1] Woodward, Arthur Smith (1889). Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) . London, Printed by order of the Trustees. p. 2.

[2] Dean, Bashford (1895). Fishes, living and fossil. An outline of their forms and probable relationships. New York, London, Macmillan and Co. p. 227.

[:1-3] Beznosov, Pavel (May 2009). "A redescription of the Early Carboniferous acanthodian Acanthodes lopatini Rohon, 1889". Acta Zoologica. 90: 183–193. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00352.x.

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