Cladoselachidae

Cladoselachidae Temporal range: Late Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A reconstruction of Cladoselache
Diagram of Maghriboselache
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Eugnathostomata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Holocephali
Order:	† Cladoselachiformes
Family:	† Cladoselachidae Dean, 1894
Genera
Cladoselache Maghriboselache

Cladoselachidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fishes closely related to, and possibly nested within, Symmoriiformes. ^[1] They are characterized by having an elongated body with a spine in each of the two dorsal fins. In 2023, a paper describing a new cladoselachian, Maghriboselache found that it, and Cladoselache , were the only members of the family, greatly limiting the temporal range for this group to the Late Devonian. ^[2]

References

1. Coates, Michael I.; Finarelli, John A.; Sansom, Ivan J.; Andreev, Plamen S.; Criswell, Katharine E.; Tietjen, Kristen; Rivers, Mark L.; La Riviere, Patrick J. (2018-01-10). "An early chondrichthyan and the evolutionary assembly of a shark body plan". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1870): 20172418. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2418 . PMC   5784200 . PMID   29298937.
2. Klug, Christian; Coates, Michael; Frey, Linda; Greif, Merle; Jobbins, Melina; Pohle, Alexander; Lagnaoui, Abdelouahed; Haouz, Wahiba Bel; Ginter, Michal (March 2023). "Broad snouted cladoselachian with sensory specialization at the base of modern chondrichthyans". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology . 142 (1): 2. Bibcode:2023SwJP..142....2K. doi: 10.1186/s13358-023-00266-6 . ISSN   1664-2376. PMC   10050047 . PMID   37009301.

• Cladoselachiformes, Dictionary of Zoology (1999).
• Evolution and paleontology (fish) Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine . Animal Aqua.