Cochliodontiformes
Extinct order of cartilaginous fishes
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Cochliodontiformes are an order of extinct holocephalans (historically referred to as bradyodonts)[1] known from the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods. Members of the order are believed to be durophagous benthic carnivores.[2][3]
| Cochliodontiformes Temporal range: Late Devonian to Late Permian | |
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| Preserved dentition of Cochliodus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Superorder: | Holocephalimorpha |
| Order: | †Cochliodontiformes Obruchev, 1953 |
| Type genus | |
| Cochliodus Agassiz, 1838 | |
| Families and genera | |
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