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Fissodus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Taxonomy
Fissodus was named by St. John and Worthen (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: C l C Pn]. It is not extant. Its type is Fissodus bifidus.

It was assigned to Petalodontidae by Woodward (1889) and Hay (1902); to Petalodontida by Zangerl (1981) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Janassidae by Jordan (1963) and Ginter et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Fissodus St. John and Worthen
1889Fissodus Woodward p. 40
1902Fissodus Hay p. 277
1963Fissodus Jordan p. 593
1981Fissodus Zangerl p. 97
2002Fissodus Sepkoski
2010Fissodus Ginter et al. p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyJanassidaeJaekel 1899
genusFissodusSt. John 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. †Fissodus St. John and Worthen 1875
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Fissodus bifidus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Fissodus dentatus Eastman 1903
Fissodus inaequalis Stjohn and Worthen 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available