Columnaodus

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Columnaodus
Temporal range: Mississippian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Hybodontiformes
Genus: Columnaodus
Species:
C. witzkei
Binomial name
Columnaodus witzkei
Cicimurri et. al., 2024

Columnaodus is an extinct genus of hybodontiform that lived during the Mississippian.

Distribution

Columnaodus witzkei fossils are known from the Burlington-Keokuk Bonebed on the border between Illinois and Iowa. [1]

References

  1. Cicimurri, David; Ciampaglio, Charles; Hoenig, Matthew; Shell, Ryan; Fuelling, Lauren; Peterman, David; Cline, Daniel A.; Jacquemin, Stephen (6 May 2024). "A Description of the New Hybodont Shark Genus, Columnaodus, from the Burlington and Keokuk Limestones (Carboniferous, Mississippian, Osagean) of Illinois and Iowa, USA". Diversity . 16 (5): 276. Bibcode:2024Diver..16..276C. doi: 10.3390/d16050276 . ISSN   1424-2818.