Biology:Sandalodus

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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes


Sandalodus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Order:
Cochliodontiformes
Family:
Cochliodontidae
Genus:
Sandalodus

Newberry & Worthen, 1866

Sandalodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous period.[1] It was named by Newberry and Worthen in 1866.[2]

Eastman 1903 gave Cochliodontidae as the parent taxon[3]:196 while Sepkoski 2002 suggested Holocephali.[4]

Species

  • Sandalodus carbonarius[3]:181
  • Sandalodus complanatus[3]:198
  • Sandalodus laevissimus[3]:196–197

Sources

  1. Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 207)
  2. Worthen, A. H. (1866). Vol II: Palaeontology. http://worthen.lib.uchicago.edu/. Retrieved 17 October 2012. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eastman, C. R. (July 1903). "Carboniferous Fishes from the Central Western States". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (39): 163–226. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30101909. Retrieved 17 October 2012. 
  4. Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (16 September 2002). Jablonski, D.; Foote, M.. eds. "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology (Paleontological Research Institution) (363). http://www.museumoftheearth.org/publications/pubdetails.php?pubID=454. Retrieved 17 October 2012. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1027287 entry