Aporomicrodus Fowler 1958 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes

Synonym: Microdus Emmons 1857 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. W. Fowler. 1958. Some new taxonomic names of fishlike vertebrates. Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 310:1-16

Parent taxon: Elasmobranchii according to H. W. Fowler 1958

See also Cope 1892 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Amelacanthus, Annulicorona, Antarctilamniformes, Arduodens, Carcharopsis, Carinasubcorona, Celtiberina, Cestraciontidae, Changxingselache, Cladodontomorphi, Cladodontomorphii, Cladodus hassiacus, Cladodus wildungensis, Cladoselachida, Cladoselachii, Complanicorona, Coniunctio, Coronodontida, Eunemacanthus, Euselachiformes, Euselachii, Fragilicorona, Galeiformes, Glabrisubcorona, Gondwanodus, Ichthyodorulites, Kannathalepididae, Labascicorona, Labrilancea, Leonodus, Lesnilomia, Listracanthidae, Lobaticorona, Meishanselache, Minuticorona, Myliobatiformes, Omalodontiformes, Oniscina, Ornathiliabrilance, Ornatilabrilancea, Orodontida, Osteodonti, Parvicorona, Parvidiabolus, Parviscapha, Phoebodontiformes, Physonemus, Plagiostomi, Platylithophycus, Pleuracanthidae, Pleuracanthodii, Pristiorajea, Proselachii, Protodontidae, Raineria, Rosaodus, Rugosicorona, Sacrisubcorona, Selachii, Selachimorpha, Serratocorona, Siamodus, Suaviloquentia, Undulaticorona, Xenacanthida, Xenacanthimorpha

Subtaxa: Aporomicrodus laevis

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Type: Microdus laevis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aporomicrodus in the database

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