Sargodon

Sargodon is an extinct genus of neopterygian ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle and Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe.^[1]

Sargodon Temporal range: Ladinian–Rhaetian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Dapediiformes
Family:	†Dapediidae
Genus:	†Sargodon Plieninger, 1847
Type species
†Sargodon tomicus Plieninger, 1847

The type and only species is Sargodon tomicus.

Occurrence

Isolated tooth plate from Cene, Italy

Fossils of Sargodon tomicus are found in rocks of Ladinian (late Middle Triassic) to Rhaetian (latest Triassic) age. Remains have been described from Austria (Lower Austria, Vorarlberg), England, Italy (Campania, Lombardy), Germany (Baden-Württemberg), Poland (Tatra Mountains) and Switzerland (Graubünden).^[1][2] It is known from both complete specimens, which could reach body lengths of about 1 m (3.3 ft), and isolated dental plates that provided a triturating surface, suggesting that these animals fed on shelled organisms.

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish