Ageleodus

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Ageleodus
Temporal range: Famennian – Westphalian
Ageleodus pectinatus.jpg
Ageleodus pectinatus from the Carboniferous of Scotland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Genus:
Ageleodus

Owen, 1867

Ageleodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Paleozoic eon. It is known from two species, both of which are based upon isolated teeth. A. pectinatus Is known from the Carboniferous of Europe and North America.[1][2] A. altus was described in 2006 from the Carboniferous of Australia.[3] This genus is also known from the Famennian of the Catskill formation at the Red Hill Site in Hyner, Pennsylvania. A study of 382 specimens from the site showed the strong heterodonty of this genus, which varies widely in tooth length and cusp number. This study described them as A. pectinatus, but the paper which described A. altus tentatively labeled them Ageleodus cf. A. altus.[3][2][1] While generally considered an Elasmobranch, it has eluded classification into any known order or family.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Downs, Jason & Daeschler, Edward. (2001). Variation within a large sample of Ageleodus pectinatus teeth (Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology - J VERTEBRATE PALEONTOL. 21. 811-814. 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0811:VWALSO]2.0.CO;2.
  2. ^ a b "Devonian Times - Ageleodus pectinatus". www.devoniantimes.org. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  3. ^ a b Garvey, Jillian M.; Turner, Susan (2006-01-01). "Vertebrate microremains from the presumed earliest Carboniferous of the Mansfield Basin, Victoria". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 30 (1): 43–62. doi:10.1080/03115510608619344. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 140634319.
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