Caseodus
| Caseodus Temporal range: Carboniferous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontida |
| Family: | †Caseodontidae |
| Genus: | †Caseodus Zangerl, 1981 |
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Caseodus is an extinct genus of eugeneodontid holocephalids from the Carboniferous. It was of medium size, measuring 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) in length.[2]
References
- ^ Cimimurri, D.J; Fahrenbach, M.D. (2002). "Chondrichthyes from the upper part of the Minnelusa Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian: Desmoinesian), Meade County, South Dakota" (PDF). Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science. 81.
- ^ Lionek Calvin, Allison (2008) Fishes and the breakup of Pangea p. 12
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). Species of Caseodus in FishBase. October 2008 version.
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