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Cholodus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Taxonomy
Cholodus was named by John and Worthen (1875). It is not extant. Its type is Cholodus inaequalis.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Cholodus John and Worthen p. 416 figs. pl. xiii, figs. 4-5
1902Cholodus Hay p. 277
1963Cholodus Jordan p. 593

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyJanassidaeJaekel 1899
genusCholodusJohn and Worthen 1875

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.

G. †Cholodus John and Worthen 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available