| Miosynechodus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | †Hybodontidae |
| Genus: | †Miosynechodus Deraniyagala, 1969 |
| Species: | †M. mora
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| Binomial name | |
| †Miosynechodus mora Deraniyagala, 1969
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Miosynechodus is a dubious genus of extinct ray from the Miocene of Sri Lanka. It was originally identified as a fin spine from a late-surviving hybodontid,[1] but it is now considered to be a myliobatiform tail stinger.[2] A single species is known, Miosynechodus mora, which was named in 1969.[1]
- ^ a b Deraniyagala, P.E.P (1969). "A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu Member of Ceylon". Spolia Zeylanica. 31: 551–570.
- ^ Cappetta, H. (2012). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3E. Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 978-3-89937-148-2.