Sandalodus
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
Sandalodus Temporal range: Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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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]
Eastman 1903 gave Cochliodontidae as the parent taxon[3]: 196 while Sepkoski 2002 suggested Holocephali.[4]
Species
- Sandalodus carbonarius[3]: 181
- Sandalodus complanatus[3]: 198
- Sandalodus laevissimus[3]: 196–197
Sources
- ^ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 207)
- ^ Worthen, A. H. (1866). Vol II: Palaeontology. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Paleobiology Database: Sandalodus
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