Sandalodus
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| Sandalodus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Cochliodontiformes |
| Family: | †Cochliodontidae |
| Genus: | †Sandalodus Newberry & Worthen, 1866 |
Sandalodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous period.[1] It was named by Newberry and Worthen in 1866.[2]
Eastman 1903 gave Cochliodontidae as the parent taxon[3]: 196 while Sepkoski 2002 suggested Holocephali.[4]
