Acrodus
Acrodus (from Greek: άκρος ákros, 'high' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Permian to Paleocene periods.[2][3] Acrodus anningiae was named by Louis Agassiz in honor of the pioneering English paleontologist Mary Anning.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | †Acrodontidae |
| Genus: | †Acrodus Agassiz, 1837 |
Species
- Acrodus acuminatus
- Acrodus acutus
- Acrodus alexandrae
- Acrodus alpinus
- Acrodus anningiae
- Acrodus angustissimus
- Acrodus braunii
- Acrodus (Acronemus) bicarenatus
- Acrodus cuneocostatus
- Acrodus dolloi
- Acrodus falsus
- Acrodus flemingianus
- Acrodus gaillardoti
- Acrodus illingworthi
- Acrodus immarginatus
- Acrodus jaeckeli
- Acrodus kalasinensis
- Acrodus keuperinus
- Acrodus laevigatus
- Acrodus (Acrodonchus) lateralis
- Acrodus levis
- Acrodus microdus
- Acrodus (Acrodonchus) minimus
- Acrodus nitidus
- Acrodus nobilis
- Acrodus olsoni
- Acrodus oppenheimeri
- Acrodus orbicularis
- Acrodus oreodontus
- Acrodus pulvinatus
- Acrodus rugosus
- Acrodus salomoni
- Acrodus scaber
- Acrodus simplex
- Acrodus spitzbergensis
- Acrodus striatus
- Acrodus substriatus
- Acrodus sweetlacruzensis
- Acrodus undulatus
- Acrodus vermicularis
- Acrodus vermiformis
- Acrodus virgatus
- Acrodus wempliae
Sources
- Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 2. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- Johnson, G., 1981. Hybondontoidei (Chondrichthyes) from the Witchita- Albany Group (Early Permian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1:1.
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 199)
References
Acrodus at Fossilworks
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