| Parvodus Temporal range: | |
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| Teeth of Parvodus ominechonensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | † Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | † Lonchidiidae |
| Genus: | † Parvodus Rees & Underwood, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Lissodus rugianus Ansorge, 1990 | |
Parvodus is an extinct genus of hybodont, known from the Mesozoic era.
The initial study naming the genus considered 3 species valid, which were originally placed in Lissodus. [1]
The paper also noted a possible record is known from the Sinemurian of England. [1]
Some later studies also included the species Parvodus heterodon (Patterson, 1966) from the Early Cretaceous of England in the genus, [2] though other studies have included this species in the genus Polyacrodus . [3] Some studies have also included the species "Hybodus" parvidens Woodward, 1916, from the Early Cretaceous of Europe and North America within Parvodus, [4] though again this species has also been assigned to Polyacrodus. [3] [5] A 2023 paper assigned the newly described species P. huizodus from the Early Triassic of China to the genus. [4] The species Parvodus celsucuspus Rees et al., 2013 has been reported from the Early Cretaceous of England and France. [6] [7] A single tooth of Parvodus sp. has also been reported from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of France. [8]
