Sandalodus Newberry and Worthen 1866 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

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

See also Eastman 1903, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1889

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

Subtaxa: Sandalodus angustus Sandalodus carbonarius Sandalodus complanatus Sandalodus crassus Sandalodus elllipticus Sandalodus laevissimus Sandalodus minor Sandalodus morrisii Sandalodus parvulus Sandalodus rhomboideus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (1 collection), United States (1: Kansas)

• Pennsylvanian of the United Kingdom (1)

• Osagean of United States (1: Indiana)

• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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