Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cladoselachiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Cladoselachiformes

Familia: †Cladoselachidae
Genus: †Cladodus
Species: †Cladodus elegans

Name

Cladodus elegans Newberry & Worthen, 1870

Synonyms:

  • Cladodus intercostatus St John & Worthen, 1875
  • Cladodus mucronatus Davis, 1883

Distribution

Europe

  • Scotland

Temporal range: Carboniferous

References

  • Newberry J.S. & Worthen A.H., 1870: Geology and Palaeontology. Descriptions of fossil vertebrates. Geological Survey of Illinois 4: 343–374.
  • Duffin C.J. and Ginter M., 2006. Comments on the selachian genus Cladodus Agassiz, 1843. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 26, Issue 2, pages 253-266, DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[253:COTSGC]2.0.CO;2 .
  • Ginter M. and Maisey J.G., 2007. The Braincase and Jaws of Cladodus from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Palaeontology, March 2007, Volume 50, Issue 2, pages 305–322, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00633.x .
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