Batillodus

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Batillodus
Temporal range: Kasimovian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Petalodontiformes
Family: Janassidae
Genus: Batillodus
Species:
B. beaveri
Binomial name
Batillodus beaveri
Duffin et. al., 2025

Batillodus is an extinct genus of janassid chondrichthyan that lived during the Kasimovian.

Distribution

Fossils of B. beaveri have been found in Kansas. [1]

References

  1. Duffin, Christopher J.; Lauer, Bruce; Lauer, René (30 January 2025). "New Janassid Petalodontiform (Chondrichthyes) teeth from the Late Carboniferous of Kansas, USA". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 313 (2): 215–232. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2025/1231. ISSN   0077-7749 . Retrieved 14 February 2025.