Cladodoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Ctenacanthidae |
| Genus: | †Cladodoides |
| Species: | †C. wildungensis
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| †Cladodoides wildungensis Maisey 2001
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Cladodoides is a genus of extinct shark. It appeared in the Frasnian stage of the late Devonian.
It has a well-described braincase and brain cavity, and has greatly informed our understanding of the skull, brain, nerves, and jaws of early sharks. Cladodoides is likely a cladodont shark. Remains have been found in Germany.
References
Sources
- Maisey, John (2005). "Braincase of the Upper Devonian Shark Cladodoides Wildungensis (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii), with Observations on the Braincase in Early Chondrichthyans". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 288: 1–103. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)288<0001:BOTUDS>2.0.CO;2.