Lindow B (2023). NHMD Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yenbn7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-12-06.

The Vertebrate Paleontology collection comprises some 18,000 specimens from the Cambrian period (541 million years ago) and until the Quaternary period (2.6 million years ago). They are predominantly agnathans (Agnatha, jawless fish), placoderms (Placodermi, armored fish), acanthodians (Acanthodii), elasmobranchs (Elasmobranchii, sharks and rays), actinopterygians (Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish), dipnoids (Dipnoi, lung fish), and porolepiformes, osteolepiformes and coelacanths (lobe-finned fish). They mainly derive from deposits in North and East Greenland and Denmark.
The collection also houses the very important early tetrapod fossils (early four-legged vertebrates) from late Devonian deposits in East Greenland; late Triassic vertebrates from east Greenland (dinosaurs, phytosaurs, and mammals); and a large collection of ray-finned fish with some birds and turtles from the earliest Eocene marine diatomite deposits of the Limfjord area in Jutland, Denmark.
Den vertebratpalæontologiske samling omfatter lidt over 18.000 fossile stykker af forhistoriske hvirveldyr fra Kambrium (541 millioner år siden) og indtil Kvartær (2,6 millioner år siden). Det er fortrinsvis fossiler af kæbeløse fisk (Agnatha), panserfisk (Placodermi), ”piggede hajer” (Acanthodii), hajer og rokker (Elasmobranchii), strålefinnede fisk (Actinopterygii), lungefisk (Dipnoi), og kvastfinnede fisk (Porolepiformes, Osteolepiformes og Coelacanthiformes). Fossilerne stammer hovedsageligt fra aflejringer i Nord- og Østgrønland og Denmark.
Samlingen huser også de internationalt videnskabeligt vigtige tidlige “firbenede fisk” fra Sen Devon i Østgrønland; dinosaurer, skildpadder, phytosaurer og pattedyr fra Sen Trias i Østgrønland; og en stor samling af strålefinnede fisk og enkelte fugle og skildpadder fra de tidligt eocæne moleraflejringer i Limfjorden.

Catalogue Number	NHMD166913
Country	Canada
Locality	Canada

Class	Elasmobranchii (Elasmobranch)
Family	Xenacanthidae
Genus	Orthacanthus

Institution Code	NHMD
Institution ID	https://ror.org/040ck2b86
Collection code	VP
Collection Type	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
Occurrence ID	fce1187d-1011-4d6e-931a-d74fd2831b1e
Ocurrence Status	PRESENT
Catalogue Number	NHMD166913
Event Date	1893-04-15
Continent	NORTH_AMERICA
Country	Canada
Country code	CA
Locality	Canada
Station/Category	"Deunish (Canada)" ? hard to decipher
Collector Names	Damon, R
Prep Type	specimen in matrix - 2
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Family	Xenacanthidae
Genus	Orthacanthus
Preferred Taxon	Orthacanthus Agassiz, 1843
Taxon Rank	GENUS
Modified	2017-08-28
Record License	CC BY-NC 4.0
Rightsholder	Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Identification ID	07bf3f8b-c961-40a4-bd13-35de5b51a0ca
Taxon	Orthacanthus

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Orthacanthus Agassiz, 1843

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