Rhomphaiodon
Extinct genus of prehistoric sharks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rhomphaiodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric sharks in the order Synechodontiformes that has been found in Late Triassic and Early Jurassic deposits located in Europe.[1] The type species R. minor was originally named as a species of Hybodus in 1837 by Louis Agassiz.[2] A second species, R. nicolensis, was added when the genus was named in 1993.[3]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | †Synechodontiformes |
Genus: | †Rhomphaiodon Duffin, 1993 |
Type species | |
†Rhomphaiodon minor Duffin, 1993 | |
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