Lissodus

Lissodus
Temporal range: Early Triassic–Albian
Teeth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Hybodontiformes
Family: Lonchidiidae
Genus: Lissodus
Brough, 1935
Species

Lissodus hasleensis Rees, 1998

Lissodus is an extinct genus of freshwater shark. It lived from the Early Triassic to the Albian period of the Cretaceous.[1] It was about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long and had flat teeth that it used for eating clams.[2]

References

  1. Jan Rees & Charlie J. Underwood (2002). "The status of the shark genus Lissodus Brough, 1935, and the position of nominal Lissodus species within the Hybodontoidea (Selachii)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (3): 471–479. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0471:tsotsg]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4524243.
  2. Gaines, Richard M. (2001). Coelophysis. ABDO Publishing Company. p. 17. ISBN 1-57765-488-9.


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