Clavusodens
| Clavusodens Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Petalodontiformes |
| Family: | †Obruchevodidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †C. mcginnisi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Clavusodens mcginnisi Hodnett et. al., 2025
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Clavusodens is an extinct genus of obruchevodid petalodont that lived during the Viséan stage.
Distribution
Clavusodens mcginnisi was found in the Ste. Genevieve Formation in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.[1]
References
- ^ Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Egli, H. Chase; Toomey, Rickard; Olson, Rickard; Tolleson, Kelli; Boldon, Richard; Tweet, Justin S.; Santucci, Vincent L. (24 January 2025). "Obruchevodid petalodonts (Chondrichthyes, Petalodontiformes, Obruchevodidae) from the Middle Mississippian (Viséan) Joppa Member of the Ste. Genevieve Formation at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky U.S.A.". Journal of Paleontology: 1–11. doi:10.1017/jpa.2024.40. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via Cambridge Core.