Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae is an extinct family of sharks that first appeared in the Mississippian subperiod of the Carboniferous and disappeared at the end of the Late Cretaceous.[1]
Hybodontids Temporal range: Late Mississippian to Late Cretaceous | |
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Egertonodus fraasi in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | †Hybodontiformes |
Superfamily: | †Hybodontoidea |
Family: | †Hybodontidae Owen 1846 |
Genera | |
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Genera
- †Asteracanthus
- †Dicrenodus
- †Egertonodus
- †Hybodus
- †Meristodonoides
- †Planohybodus
- †Priohybodus
- †Sphenonchus
- †Tribodus
References
- the Paleobiology Database Hybodontidae entry accessed on 8/24/09
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