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Orodus
''Orodus'' (from el, ωραίος , 'beautiful' and el, ὀδούς 'tooth') is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish that lived from the late Pennsylvanian to the early Permian in what is now North America. ''O. greggi'' reached around long, while ''O. micropterygius'' just reached . It was a member of the holocephali subclass, meaning that it was more closely related to chimaeras and their relatives ( eugeneodonts, petalodonts, etc), and not elasmobranchs like sharks and rays. References Sources * ''Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent'' (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton * ''Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives'' (Marine Biology) by Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, and Michael R. Heithaus * ''Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils'' by Rex Buchanan * ''Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution'' (Systematics Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orodus Sp1DB
''Orodus'' (from el, ωραίος , 'beautiful' and el, ὀδούς 'tooth') is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish that lived from the late Pennsylvanian (geology), Pennsylvanian to the early Permian in what is now North America. ''O. greggi'' reached around long, while ''O. micropterygius'' just reached . It was a member of the holocephali subclass, meaning that it was more closely related to Chimaera, chimaeras and their relatives (Eugeneodontida, eugeneodonts, Petalodontiformes, petalodonts, etc), and not Elasmobranchii, elasmobranchs like Shark, sharks and Stingray, rays. References Sources * ''Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent'' (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton * ''Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives'' (Marine Biology) by Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, and Michael R. Heithaus * ''Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
