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''Meristodonoides'' is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. The type species is ''M. rajkovichi'', which was originally a species in the genus ''
Hybodus ''Hybodus'' (from el, ύβος , 'crooked' and el, ὀδούς 'tooth') is an extinct genus of hybodont, a group of shark-like elasmobranchs that lived from the Late Devonian to the end of the Cretaceous. Species closely related to the type sp ...
''. The species, along with other ''Hybodus'' species such as ''H. butleri'' and ''H. montanensis'', was reassigned to ''Meristodonoides'' by Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa in 2010.


Species

* ''M. butleri'' * ''M. montanensis'' * ''M. novojerseyensis'' * ''M. rajkovichi''


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6819514 Hybodontiformes Prehistoric shark genera Cretaceous sharks Fossils of Canada