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Eugeneodontid

Eugeneodontid

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Eugeneodontiformes.

Eugeneodontiformes (also called Eugeneodontida) is an extinct and poorly known order of cartilaginous fishes. They possessed "tooth-whorls" on the symphysis of either the lower or both jaws, and pectoral fins supported by long radials. They probably lacked pelvic fins and anal fins. The palatoquadrate was either fused to the skull or reduced in various members of the group. They are now determined to be within the Holocephali; their closest living relatives are chimaeras. The eugeneodonts are named after paleontologist Eugene S. Richardson, Jr. The group first appeared in the fossil record during the late Mississippian (Serpukhovian), and the last eugeneodonts are known from the Early Triassic (Olenekian).