Acrodus
| Acrodus Temporal range: Permian–Jurassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | Acrodontidae |
| Genus: | Acrodus Agassiz, 1837 |
Acrodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Permian, Triassic and Jurassic periods. [1] [2] The species Acrodus anningiae was named by Louis Agassiz in honor of the pioneering English paleontologist Mary Anning.
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