Alethodontus

Alethodontus; Temporal range: Hettangian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Holocephali
Order:	Chimaeriformes
Family:	† Myriacanthidae
Genus:	† Alethodontus ; Duffin, 1983

Last updated August 17, 2025

Alethodontus is an extinct genus of holocephalan cartilaginous fish from the Hettangian stage of the Jurassic period. It is known from a single species, A. bavariensis, known from Germany.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Duffin, C. J., & Milan, J. (2017). A new myriacanthid holocephalian from the Early Jurassic of Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 65, 161-170.
↑ "Fossilworks: Alethodontus bavariensis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[1] Duffin, C. J., & Milan, J. (2017). A new myriacanthid holocephalian from the Early Jurassic of Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 65, 161-170.

[2] "Fossilworks: Alethodontus bavariensis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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