Lissodus
| Lissodus Temporal range: Early Triassic–Albian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | † Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | Lonchidiidae |
| Genus: | Lissodus Brough, 1935 |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gaines, Richard M. (2001). Coelophysis. ABDO Publishing Company. p. 17. ISBN 1-57765-488-9.
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