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Mesodmodus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Taxonomy
Mesodmodus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Mesodmodus exsculptus.

It was assigned to Orodontidae by Hay (1902), Jordan (1963) and Zangerl (1981); to Ctenacanthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hybodontiformes by Ginter et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Mesodmodus Hay p. 297
1963Mesodmodus Jordan p. 595
1981Mesodmodus Zangerl p. 94
2002Mesodmodus Sepkoski
2010Mesodmodus Ginter et al. p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
genusMesodmodus

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.

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Mesodmodus explanatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Mesodmodus exsculptus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Mesodmodus ornatus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available