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Alethodontus

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Alethodontus
Temporal range: Hettangian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Myriacanthidae
Genus: Alethodontus
Duffin, 1983

Alethodontus is an extinct genus of chimaera from the Hettangian stage of the Jurassic period. It is known from a single species, A. bavariensis, known from Germany.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Duffin, C. J., & Milan, J. (2017). A new myriacanthid holocephalian from the Early Jurassic of Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 65, 161-170.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Alethodontus bavariensis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.