Cochliodontiformes

Cochliodontiformes
Temporal range: Late Devonian–Late Permian Possible member Listracanthus survives until the Olenekian.
Preserved dentition of Cochliodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Superorder: Holocephalimorpha
Order: †Cochliodontiformes
Obruchev, 1953
Type genus
Cochliodus
Agassiz, 1838
Families and genera

Cochliodontiformes are an order of extinct holocephalans (historically referred to as bradyodonts)[1] known from the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods, with the possible member, Listracanthus, known from the Early Triassic. Members of the order are believed to be durophagous benthic carnivores.[2][3]

  1. ^ "The phylogeny of the chimaeroids". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 249 (757): 101–219. 1965-06-10. doi:10.1098/rstb.1965.0010. ISSN 2054-0280.
  2. ^ "Cochliodontiformes". Mindat.org. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. ^ "PBDB Taxon". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 26 August 2024.