Icanodus Miller 1892 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

Synonym: Tomodus Davis 1883 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Cochliodontidae according to A. S. Woodward 1889

See also Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aspidodus, Chitonodus, Cochliodus, Cranodus, Cyrtonodus, Deltodopsis, Deltodus, Dichelodus, Diplacodus, Erismacanthus, Helodopsis, Orthopleurodus, Oxytomodus, Paecilodus, Periplectrodus, Platyodus, Pleurodus, Pleuroplax, Poecilodus, Rhamphodus, Sandalodus, Stenopterodus, Streblodus, Taeniodus, Trigonodus, Vaticinodus, Venustodus, Xystrodus

Subtaxa: Icanodus convexus Icanodus limitaris

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Type: Tomodus convexus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Icanodus in the database

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