Leiodus Saint John and Worthen 1875 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Orodontiformes - Leiodontidae

Parent taxon: Leiodontidae according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxon: Cristatodens

Subtaxa: Leiodus calcaratus Leiodus grossipunctatus

View classification

Type: Leiodus calcaratus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leiodus in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.