Batillodus
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Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
| Batillodus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Petalodontiformes |
| Family: | †Janassidae |
| Genus: | †Batillodus |
| Species: | †B. beaveri
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| Binomial name | |
| †Batillodus beaveri Duffin et. al., 2025
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Batillodus is an extinct genus of janassid chondrichthyan that lived during the Kasimovian.
Distribution
[edit ]Fossils of B. beaveri have been found in Kansas.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Duffin, Christopher J.; Lauer, Bruce; Lauer, René (30 January 2025). "New Janassid Petalodontiform (Chondrichthyes) teeth from the Late Carboniferous of Kansas, USA" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 313 (2): 215–232. Bibcode:2025NJGPA.313..215D. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2025/1231. ISSN 0077-7749 . Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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