†family Cochliodontidae Owen 1867 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

Parent taxon: Cochliodontiformes according to J. S. Nelson 2006

See also Goto and Okura 2004, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Woodward 1889 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: Psephodontidae, Solenodus

Subtaxa: Aspidodus Chitonodus Cochliodus Cranodus Cyrtonodus Deltodopsis Deltodus Dichelodus Diplacodus Erismacanthus Helodopsis Icanodus Orthopleurodus Oxytomodus Paecilodus Periplectrodus Platyodus Pleurodus Pleuroplax Poecilodus Rhamphodus Sandalodus Stenopterodus Streblodus Taeniodus Trigonodus Vaticinodus Venustodus Xystrodus

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Type: Cochliodus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (1 collection), Oman (5), Pakistan (5), Thailand (1), United States (4: Kansas, New Mexico, Wyoming)

• Atokan of United States (1: Arizona)

• Pennsylvanian of the United Kingdom (5)

• Osagean of United States (3: Indiana, Iowa)

• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (4)

• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (9), United States (12: Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

Total: 54 collections including 86 occurrences

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