Triodus

Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Triodus is an extinct genus of xenacanthiform cartilaginous fish that lived from the Carboniferous to the Permian. In 2017, a new species Triodus richterae was described from the Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil.[1]

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Triodus
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Middle Permian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Xenacanthiformes
Family: Xenacanthidae
Genus: Triodus
Jordan, 1849
Species
  • T. elpia
  • T. richterae
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Restoration of T. sesselensis

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