Lissodus

Lissodus
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous–Albian
Teeth of Lissodus hasleensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: †Hybodontiformes
Family: †Lonchidiidae
Genus: †Lissodus
Brough, 1935
Type species

Lissodus africanus Broom, 1909[1]

Lissodus is an extinct genus of hybodont. While fossils attributed to this genus are known spanning from the latest Devonian (Famennian) to the very end of the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian),[2] others consider the genus to have a more narrow range, spanning from the Early Triassic to the end of the Early Cretaceous (Albian).[3] Lissodus is often placed in the family Lonchidiidae, though other authors consider it incertae sedis within Hybodontiformes. Lonchidion has often been regarded as synonymous, but many recent authors consider it to be a distinct but closely related genus.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Roelofs2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ J. Fischer Brief synopsis of the hybodont form taxon Lissodus Brough, 1935, with remarks on the environment and associated fauna Freiberger Forschungshefte Serie C, 528 (2008), pp. 1-23
  3. ^ a b Jan Rees & Charlie J. Underwood (2002). "The status of the shark genus Lissodus Brough, 1935, and the position of nominal Lissodus species within the Hybodontoidea (Selachii)" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (3): 471–479. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0471:tsotsg]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4524243. S2CID 13836075.