The Early Devonian (Lochkovian) Man On The Hill (MOTH) locality in the Northwest Territories has yielded hundreds of exquisitely preserved specimens of over 72 different species of early vertebrates, greatly increasing our understanding of the diversity of this period. In this paper, we describe three new genera comprising four new species of ischnacanthid acanthodian, based on their dentigerous jaw bones and teeth. This taxonomic diversity reflects some of the diversity of dentition found among ischnacanthiform acanthodians at the MOTH locality, in contrast to their highly conservative body forms. This high diversity of related forms suggests an early radiation in jaw and tooth morphology in Early Devonian ischnacanthiform acanthodians in this region. All ischnacanthiform specimens from MOTH were originally assigned to Ischnacanthus gracilis. However, study of the unique jaw and tooth morphology of MOTH ischnacanthiform specimens indicates that it is unlikely that Ischnacanthus was present at the MOTH locality.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.