Acrodus

Acrodus; Temporal range: Permian–Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	†Hybodontiformes
Family:	†
Genus:	†Acrodus; Agassiz, 1837

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.

Species[]

Acrodus acuminatus
Acrodus acutus
Acrodus alexandrae
Acrodus alpinus
Acrodus annigiae
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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[1] 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-2] Johnson, G., 1981. Hybondontoidei (Chondrichthyes) from the Witchita- Albany Group (Early Permian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1:1.

[fossils-3] Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 199)

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