†family Orodontidae de Koninck 1878 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Orodontiformes - Orodontidae

Parent taxon: Orodontiformes according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Chahud et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Nelson 2006 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Adiapneustes Eoorodus Hercynolepis Lophodus Octinapsis Orodus

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Type: Orodus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Brazil (1 collection), United States (4: Kansas, Texas)

• Pennsylvanian of the United Kingdom (2)

• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), United States (7: Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri)

• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (1)

• Devonian of United States (1: California)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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