Cladodus

Cladodus
C. belifer tooth with fish-catching tines
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Cladoselachiformes
Family: Cladoselachidae
Genus: Cladodus
Agassiz, 1843
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Cladodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes in the family Cladoselachidae. As the name implies, they are a type of cladodont, primitive sharks with teeth designed to snag fish and swallow them whole, instead of sawing off chunks to swallow.

Fossils of Cladodus have been found in Barkip, Scotland[1] and in the Pitkin Formation (Carboniferous period) in Arkansas, United States.

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References

  1. Catalogue of the western Scottish fossils (Public domain ed.). Blackie. 1876. pp. 76–. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. Comments on the selachian genus Cladodus Agassiz, 1843. Christopher J. Duffin and Michal Ginter,Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2006, Volume 26, Issue 2, pages 253-266, doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[253:COTSGC]2.0.CO;2
  3. The Braincase and Jaws of Cladodus from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Michal Ginter and John G. Maisey, Palaeontology, March 2007, Volume 50, Issue 2, pages 305–322, doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00633.x
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