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Orodontidae

Chondrichthyes - Orodontiformes - Orodontidae

Taxonomy
Orodontidae was named by de Koninck (1878). Its type is Orodus.

It was assigned to Heterodontoidea by Hay (1902); to Prosarthri by Jordan (1963); to Orodontiformes by Nelson (2006) and Ginter et al. (2010); and to Orodontida by Zangerl (1981) and Chahud et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Orodontidae de Koninck
1902Orodontidae Hay p. 295
1963Orodontidae Jordan p. 595
1981Orodontidae Zangerl p. 91
2006Orodontidae Nelson p. 43
2010Orodontidae Chahud et al. p. 532
2010Orodontidae Ginter et al. p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderOrodontiformes()
familyOrodontidaede Koninck 1878
familyOrodontidaede Koninck 1878

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Orodontidae de Koninck 1878
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G. †Adiapneustes Gistel 1848
G. †Eoorodus Branson 1914
G. †Hercynolepis Gross 1973
G. †Lophodus
G. †Octinapsis Trautschold 1874
G. †Orodus Agassiz 1836
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†Orodus alleni Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus carinatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus catenatus Davis 1883
†Orodus cinctus Agassiz 1836
†Orodus colletti Newberry 1879
†Orodus daedalus Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus decussatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus elegantulus Newberry and Worthen 1866
†Orodus elongatus Davis 1883
†Orodus fastigiatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus gibbosus Newberry and Worthen 1866
†Orodus gibbus Davis 1883
†Orodus greggi Zangerl 1981
†Orodus intermedius Eastman 1903
†Orodus ipeunaensis Chahud et al. 2010
†Orodus major Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus mammillaris Newberry and Worthen 1866
†Orodus micropterygius Zangerl 1981
†Orodus minutus Newberry and Worthen 1866
†Orodus moniliformis Davis 1883
†Orodus neglectus Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus ornatus Newberry and Worthen 1866
†Orodus parallelus Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus parvulus Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus plicatus Newberry and Worthen 1866
†Orodus ramosus Agassiz 1836
†Orodus tenuis Woodward 1889
†Orodus tuberculatus Newberry and Worthen 1866
†Orodus turgidus Saint John and Worthen 1875
†Orodus variabilis Newberry 1875
†Orodus varicostatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available