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Sandalodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous period. [1] It was named by Newberry and Worthen in 1866. [2]
Eastman 1903 gave Cochliodontidae as the parent taxon [3] : 196 while Sepkoski 2002 suggested Holocephali. [4]
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