Eugeneodus
| Eugeneodus Temporal range: Carboniferous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontiformes |
| Family: | †Eugeneodontidae |
| Genus: | †Eugeneodus Zangerl, 1981 |
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Eugeneodus is an extinct genus of eugeneodontid cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous of North America,[1] specifically the Staunton Formation of Indiana.[2][3] A single species, E. richardsoni, is known, and both its genus and species name honor paleontologist Eugene S. Richardson Jr.[4] It is differentiated from its close relatives by the unfused nature of the neural and haemal arches in its caudal fin the anatomy of its flattened, rectangular teeth (termed "pavement teeth").[3] It is the type genus of the order Eugeneodontiformes.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eugeneodus". Mindat.org. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ a b Ginter, Michał; Hampe, Oliver; Duffin, Christopher J. (2010). Handbook of paleoichthyology: teeth. München: F. Pfeil. pp. 121–122. ISBN 978-3-89937-116-1.
- ^ a b Ewing, Susan (2017). Resurrecting the shark: a scientific obsession and the Mavericks who solved the mystery a 270 million year old fossil. New York London: Pegasus Books. ISBN 978-1-68177-343-8.
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