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Cladodus

Index Cladodus

Cladodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes in the family Cladoselachidae. [1]

9 relations: Barkip, Chondrichthyes, Clackmannan Group, Cladodont, Cladoselachidae, List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish, Louis Agassiz, Pitkin Formation, Tine (structural).

Barkip

Barkip, also known as The Den, is a hamlet in North Ayrshire, Scotland about three miles south-west of Beith on the A737 road to Dalry.

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Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes (from Greek χονδρ- chondr- 'cartilage', ἰχθύς ichthys 'fish') is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes: they are jawed vertebrates with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone.

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Clackmannan Group

The Clackmannan Group is the name given to a suite of rocks of late Dinantian and Namurian age laid down during the Carboniferous period in the Midland Valley of Scotland.

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Cladodont

This is a typical Cladodont tooth, of a shark called ''Glikmanius'' Cladodont (from Latin cladus, meaning branch and Greek Odon, meaning tooth) is the term for a common category of early Devonian shark known primarily for its "multi-cusped" tooth consisting of one long blade surrounded by many short, fork-like tines, designed to catch food that was swallowed whole, instead of being used to saw off chunks of meat like many modern sharks.

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Cladoselachidae

Cladoselachidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fishes and among the earliest predecessors of modern sharks.

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List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes and are known from the fossil record.

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Louis Agassiz

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-American biologist and geologist recognized as an innovative and prodigious scholar of Earth's natural history.

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Pitkin Formation

The Pitkin Formation, or Pitkin Limestone, is a fossiliferous geologic formation in northern Arkansas that dates to the Chesterian Series of the late Mississippian.

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Tine (structural)

Tines or prongs or teeth are parallel or branching spikes forming parts of a tool or natural object.

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Alternatus, Bellifer, C. alternatus, C. bellifer, C. divaricatus, C. eriensis, C. formosus, C. mirabilis, C. pandatus, C. springeri, C. vanhornei, C. yunnanensis, Cladodus alternatus, Cladodus angulatus, Cladodus bellifer, Cladodus divaricatus, Cladodus elegans, Cladodus eriensis, Cladodus formosus, Cladodus marginatus, Cladodus mirabilis, Cladodus pandatus, Cladodus springeri, Cladodus vanhornei, Cladodus yunnanensis, Divaricatus, Eriensis, Pandatus, Springeri, Vanhornei.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladodus

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