Conchodus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Conchodus is an extinct genus of marine lungfish which lived during the Devonian period.[1][2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Family: | †Dipteridae |
| Genus: | †Conchodus McCoy, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| †Conchodus ostreaformis McCoy, 1848 | |
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The following species are known:[3]
- †C. elkneri Gorisdro-Kulczycka, 1950 - Late Devonian (Frasnian) of Poland
- †C. excessus Krupina, 1990 - Late Devonian (Famennian) of Oryol, Russia
- †C. jerofejewi (Pander, 1858) - Late Devonian of Leningrad, Russia (=Cheirodus lateralis von Eichwald, 1846)[4]
- †C. ostreaformis McCoy, 1848 (type species) - Devonian of Scotland
- †C. parvulus Bryant ex Bryant & Johnson, 1936 - Famennian of Colorado, USA[5]
- †C. pinguiculus Krupina, 1990 - Devonian of Russia
- †C. variabilis Eastman, 1908 - Late Devonian of Iowa and Missouri, USA
An indeterminate species is known from Latvia.[6] The species C. plicatus Dawson, 1868 of Nova Scotia is now placed in Sagenodus as S. plicatus.[7]
