Sandalodus

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Sandalodus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Holocephali
Order:
Cochliodontiformes
Family:
Cochliodontidae
Genus:
Sandalodus

Newberry & Worthen, 1866

Sandalodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous period. [1] It was named by Newberry and Worthen in 1866. [2]

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Eastman 1903 gave Cochliodontidae as the parent taxon [3] : 196  while Sepkoski 2002 suggested Holocephali. [4]

Species

Sources

  1. ↑ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 207)
  2. ↑ Worthen, A. H. (1866). Vol II: Palaeontology . Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Eastman, C. R. (July 1903). "Carboniferous Fishes from the Central Western States". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (39): 163–226. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (16 September 2002). Jablonski, D.; Foote, M. (eds.). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology (363). Paleontological Research Institution. Retrieved 17 October 2012.


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