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Cymatodus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Taxonomy
Cymatodus was named by Newberry and Worthen (1870) [Sepkoski's age data: teeth; Junior homonym described by Trautschold, 1879]. It is not extant. Its type is Cymatodus oblongus.

It was assigned to Petalodontidae by Hay (1902); to Janassidae by Jordan (1963); and to Holocephali by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. oblongus (type species)