Chondrichthyes - Orodontiformes - Orodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)
Parent taxon: Orodontidae according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Chahud et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Nelson 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Woodward 1889 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: Adiapneustes, Eoorodus, Hercynolepis, Lophodus, Octinapsis
Subtaxa: Orodus alleni Orodus carinatus Orodus catenatus Orodus cinctus Orodus colletti Orodus daedalus Orodus decussatus Orodus elegantulus Orodus elongatus Orodus fastigiatus Orodus gibbosus Orodus gibbus Orodus greggi Orodus intermedius Orodus ipeunaensis Orodus major Orodus mammillaris Orodus micropterygius Orodus minutus Orodus moniliformis Orodus neglectus Orodus ornatus Orodus parallelus Orodus parvulus Orodus plicatus Orodus ramosus Orodus tenuis Orodus tuberculatus Orodus turgidus Orodus variabilis Orodus varicostatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (1 collection), United States (4: Kansas, Texas)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri)
• Devonian of United States (1: California)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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