Orodus

Orodus; Temporal range: late Carboniferous (late Pennsylvanian) - Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	†
Family:	†Orodontidae
Genus:	†Orodus; Agassiz, 1838
Species
	O. ipeunaensis
Synonyms
	Oreodon;

Orodus (from Greek: ωραίος oraíos, 'beautiful' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')^[1] is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish that lived from the late Pennsylvanian to the early Permian in what is now North America. Growing up to 2 m (7 ft) in length, it was quite large for sharks of its time.

References[]

^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 126. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

Sources[]

Orodus greggi fossil in the Field Museum, Chicago.

Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives (Marine Biology) by Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, and Michael R. Heithaus
Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils by Rex Buchanan
Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution (Systematics Association Special Volume) by Per Erik Ahlberg

External links[]

Orodus in the Paleobiology Database

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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. 126. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

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