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Cladodus

Cladodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes in the family Ctenacanthidae. As the name implies, they are a type of cladodont, primitive sharks with teeth designed to snag fish and swallow them whole, instead of sawing off chunks to swallow.

Species
• †Cladodus alternatus St. John & Worthen, 1875 • †Cladodus angulatus Newberry & Worthen, 1866 • †Cladodus bellifer St. John & Worthen, 1875 • †Cladodus divaricatus Trautschold, 1874 • †Cladodus elegans Newberry & Worthen, 1870 Remains (braincase and a tooth) have been found in Scotland (Clackmannan Group). • †Cladodus eriensis Bryant, 1935 • †Cladodus formosus Hay, 1902 • †Cladodus gailensis Feichtinger et al., 2021 • †Cladodus marginatus Agassiz, 1843 • †Cladodus mirabilis Agassiz, 1843 (type species) • †Cladodus pandatus St. John & Worthen, 1875 • †Cladodus springeri St. John & Worthen, 1875 • †Cladodus thomasi Turner, 1982 Known by teeth from the Lower Carboniferous Bundock Formation, North Queensland, and the Tournaisian Laurel Formation, Western Australia. Teeth reach 2.2-90 mm in length. This species was considered as a junior synonym of Stethacanthus obtusus by Lebedev (1996) but later reassigned to Cladodus due to a smaller number and distinct morphology of cusps. • †Cladodus vanhornei St. John & Worthen, 1875 • †Cladodus yunnanensis Pan, 1964 == See also ==
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