taxonID	type	description	language	source
2B094D42FFC6FFDE3253FF7FC916FE2B.taxon	type_taxon	Type and only known species. Orcadacanthus pusillus (Agassiz, 1844) n. comb.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
2B094D42FFC6FFDE3253FF7FC916FE2B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. As for the type species.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
2B094D42FFC6FFDE3253FF7FC916FE2B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Orcad-, referring to the Orcadian Basin where the genus is found, and - acanthus, Greek for thorn.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
2B094D42FFC6FFDD338FFD99CA01FE76.taxon	description	Figures 2 - 20, Supplemental Figure 1 1844 Acanthodes pusillus; Agassiz, p. 35 - 36, pl. 28, figures 8 - 10. 1859 Acanthodes pusillus; Gordon, p. 41. 1860 Acanthodes pusillus; Gregory, p. 145, 147. 1861 a Acanthodes peachi; Egerton, p. 57 - 59, pl. 6, figures 1 - 2. 1861 a Acanthodes coriaceus; Egerton, p. 59 - 60, pl. 6, figures 3 - 5. 1861 b Acanthodes peachi; Egerton, p. 78. 1868 Acanthodes pusillus Agassiz; Peach, p. 72. 1868 Acanthodes pusillus Hancock and Atthey, p. 364. 1878 Acanthodes peachii, Eg.; Geikie, p. 404, tabs. 1 - 2. 1878 Acanthodes coriaceus, Eg.; Geikie, tabs. 1 - 2. 1878 Acanthodes pusillus, Ag.; Geikie, tabs. 1 - 2. 1888 Mesacanthus pusillus, Ag.; Traquair, p. 512. 1888 Mesacanthus peachi, Egert.; Traquair, p. 512. 1890 Acanthodes peachi (Egerton); Woodward and Sherborn, p. 119. 1890 Acanthodes pusillus (Agassiz); Woodward and Sherborn, p. 119. 1890 Mesacanthus pusillus, Ag.; Traquair, p. 481. 1890 A. Peachii, Eg.; Traquair, p. 481. 1891 Acanthodes pusillus, Agassiz: Woodward, p. 11 - 12, pl. 1, figures 5 - 6. 1891 Acanthodes peachi, Egerton; Woodward, p. 12 - 13. 1894 Mesacanthus Peachi (Egert.); Traquair, p. 285.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
2B094D42FFC6FFDD338FFD99CA01FE76.taxon	description	1914 Mesacanthus Peachi (Egert.); Crampton and Carruthers, p. 6. 1935 Mesacanthus peachi (Egert.); Wilson, p. 38. 1948 Mesacanthus pusillus; Read, p. 63. 1948 Mesacanthus peachi; Phemister, p. 67. 1948 Mesacanthus pusillus; Phemister, p. 68.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
2B094D42FFC6FFDD338FFD99CA01FE76.taxon	description	1968 Mesacanthus pusillus (Agassiz); Peacock, Berridge, Harris and May, p. 135. 1970 Mesacanthus pusillus (Agassiz); Miles, p. 362. 1974 Mesacanthus peachi; Donovan, Foster and Westoll, tab. 2. 1976 Mesacanthus peachi Egerton; Mykura, p. 78. 1979 M. pusillus (Agassiz) 1844; Denison, p. 47 - 48. 1979 M. peachi (Egerton) 1861; Denison, p. 48. 1979 M. sp.; Denison, p. 48. 1980 Mesacanthus peachi; Donovan, p. tab. 3. 1982 Mesacanthus pusillus Ag; Andrews, p. 47, figure 19 d-f. 1986 M. peachi (Egerton); Trewin, p. 37. 1997 M. peachi; Young, p. 49. 1997 M. pusillus; Young, p. 49.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
2B094D42FFC6FFDD338FFD99CA01FE76.taxon	description	2008 Mesacanthus pusillus (Egerton, 1861); Hanke, p. 289.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
2B094D42FFC6FFDD338FFD99CA01FE76.taxon	description	2020 Mesacanthus pusillus; Burrow, Newman and den Blaauwen, 1155 - 6, figure 1 g.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
2B094D42FFC6FFDD338FFD99CA01FE76.taxon	description	2021 Mesacanthus pusillus; Burrow, p. 63, figures 26 D, 27 C. 2021 Mesacanthus pusillus; Burrow and den Blaauwen, p. 86, 89, figure 7 d, e. 2022 Mesacanthus pusillus; Burrow, den Blaauwen, and Newman, p. 4, 12.	en	Newman, Michael J., L., Jan, Burrow, Carole J., Jones, Roger, Davidson, Robert G. (2023): The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland. Palaeontologia Electronica (a 5) 26 (1): 1-31, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
