Plicatodus

Plicatodus
Temporal range: Late Devonian–Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Xenacanthida
Family: Xenacanthidae
Genus: Plicatodus
Hampe, 1995
Species

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Plicatodus is a prehistoric shark in the family Xenacanthidae, that existed during the lower Permian in what is now Germany. It was described by Oliver Hampe in 1995, and the type species is Plicatodus jordani. The type locality was the Saar-Nahe basin.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Plicatodus jordani n. g., n. sp., a new xenacanthid shark from the Lower Permian of Europe (Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany) by Oliver Hampe, 1995.

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