Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1894. New and little known Paleozoic and Mesozoic fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia (Series 2) 9:427-448
Belongs to Styptobasis according to E. D. Cope 1894
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Cladodus acuminatus, Cladodus alternatus, Cladodus angulatus, Cladodus bellifer, Cladodus claypolei, Cladodus concinnus, Cladodus conicus, Cladodus coniger, Cladodus costatus, Cladodus curvus, Cladodus deflexus, Cladodus elegans, Cladodus euglypheus, Cladodus exiguus, Cladodus exilis, Cladodus fulleri, Cladodus gomphoides, Cladodus gracilis, Cladodus hertzeri, Cladodus ischypus, Cladodus keokuk, Cladodus lamnoides, Cladodus marginatus, Cladodus micropus, Cladodus milleri, Cladodus mirabilis, Cladodus monroei, Cladodus newmani, Cladodus pandatus, Cladodus parvulus, Cladodus parvus, Cladodus pattersoni, Cladodus politus, Cladodus raricostatus, Cladodus rivipetrosi, Cladodus robustus, Cladodus romingeri, Cladodus subulatus, Cladodus terrelli, Cladodus tumidus, Cladodus turritus, Cladodus vanhornei, Cladodus zygopus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Court Creek, near Galesburg, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Linton Formation of Illinois
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Court Creek, near Galesburg
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