†Breviacanthus Maisey 1976 (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Euselachii - Protospinacidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 34680
Full reference: J. G. Maisey. 1976. The Middle Jurassic selachian fish Breviacanthus n. g. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1976(7):432-438
Parent taxon: Protospinacidae according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2004
Sister taxon: Protospinax
Subtaxa: Breviacanthus brevis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore