Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: †Acanthodii
Ordo: †Ischnacanthiformes
Familia: †Ischnacanthidae
Genus: †Xylacanthus

Species: †X. grandis – †X. kenstewarti – †X. minutus

Name

†Xylacanthus Ørvig, 1967

• Type species: †Xylacanthus grandis Ørvig, 1967

References

• Hanke, G.F., Wilson, M.V.H. & Lindoe, L.A. 2001. New species of Silurian acanthodians from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38: 1517–1529. Reference page.