Sandalodus
| Sandalodus Temporal range: Carboniferous | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Cochliodontiformes |
| Family: | Cochliodontidae |
| Genus: | Sandalodus Newberry & Worthen, 1866 |
Sandalodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous period.[1] It was named by Newberry and Worthen in 1866.[2]
Eastman 1903 gave Cochliodontidae as the parent taxon[3]:196 while Sepkoski 2002 suggested Holocephali.[4]
Species
Sources
- ↑ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 207)
- ↑ Worthen, A. H. (1866). Vol II: Palaeontology. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eastman, C. R. (July 1903). "Carboniferous Fishes from the Central Western States". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College (39): 163–226. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ↑ Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (16 September 2002). Jablonski, D.; Foote, M., eds. "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology (Paleontological Research Institution) (363). Retrieved 17 October 2012.