| Longodus Temporal range: Ludlow |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Agnatha |
| Subclass: | Thelodonti |
| Order: | Thelodontiformes |
| Family: | Longodidae Märss, 2006 |
| Genus: | Longodus Märss, 2006 |
| Species: | L. acicularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Longodus acicularis Märss, 2006 [1] |
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Longodus is an extinct genus of thelodont, placed in its own family[1][2] – Longopdidae – which existed in what is now Estonia during the Ludlow epoch of the upper Silurian period.[3] The type and only species is Longodus acicularis.[1][3]