Glencartius

Glencartius; Temporal range: Visean PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	†Ctenacanthiformes
Genus:	†Glencartius; Ginter and Skompski, [2019]
Species:	†G. costellatus
Binomial name
	†Glencartius costellatus; (Traquair, 1884)

Glencartius is an extinct monotypic genus of ctenacanthiform chondrichthyan that lived during the Visean stage of the Carboniferous period.

Taxonomy

Glencartius costellatus, the type and only species, was originally described in 1884 as part of the genus Ctenacanthus. Its exact phylogenetic placement is unresolved.^[1]

References

^ Ginter, Michał; Skompski, Stanisław (7 December 2019). "The squamation of "Ctenacanthus" costellatus (Chondrichthyes: Ctenacanthiformes) from the Carboniferous of Lublin area, south-eastern Poland". Acta Geologica Polonica (in Polish): 571–582. doi:10.24425/agp.2019.126440. ISSN 0001-5709. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[1] Ginter, Michał; Skompski, Stanisław (7 December 2019). "The squamation of "Ctenacanthus" costellatus (Chondrichthyes: Ctenacanthiformes) from the Carboniferous of Lublin area, south-eastern Poland". Acta Geologica Polonica (in Polish): 571–582. doi:10.24425/agp.2019.126440. ISSN 0001-5709. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

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