Copodontidae
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Extinct family of cartilaginous fishes
| Copodontidae | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Copodontiformes Obruchev. 1953 |
| Family: | †Copodontidae Davis, 1883 |
| Type genus | |
| Copodus Morris and Roberts, 1862
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| Type species | |
| Psammodus cornatus Davis, 1843
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| Genera | |
Copodontidae is an extinct family of holocephalans (historically referred to as bradyodonts)[1] known from the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods. It is the only family of the order Copodontiformes. The order and family are named for the type genus, Copodus.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ "The phylogeny of the chimaeroids" . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 249 (757): 101–219. 1965年06月10日. doi:10.1098/rstb.1965.0010. ISSN 2054-0280.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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