Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
Alternative combination: Diacranodus platypternus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. On the structure of the skull in the Elasmobranch genus Didymodus. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 21:572-590
Belongs to Didymodus according to E. D. Cope 1884
Sister taxa: Orthacanthus adamas, Orthacanthus buxieri, Orthacanthus compressus, Orthacanthus donnelljohnsi, Orthacanthus gibbosus, Orthacanthus gracilis, Orthacanthus lintonensis, Orthacanthus milleri, Orthacanthus minor, Orthacanthus platypternus, Orthacanthus pustulosus, Orthacanthus texensis, Dittodus priscus, Dittodus lucasi, Dittodus striatus, Diplodus problematicus, Diplodus parvulus, Diplodus acinaces, Diplodus minutus, Diplodus tenuis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Baylor County (Seymour) (Permian of Texas)
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