Parvodus

Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Parvodus is an extinct genus of hybodont, known from the Mesozoic era.

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Parvodus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Hybodontiformes
Family: Lonchidiidae
Genus: Parvodus
Rees & Underwood, 2001
Type species
Lissodus rugianus
Ansorge, 1990
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Species

The initial study naming the genus considered 3 species valid, which were originally placed in Lissodus.[1]

  • P. curvidens (Duffin and Thies, 1997), Kimmeridgian, Germany
  • P. pattersoni (Duffin, 1985), Bathonian, England and Scotland
  • P. rugianus (Ansorge, 1990) Berriasian-Valanginian, England, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.

The paper also noted a possible record is known from the Sinemurian of England.[1]

Some later studies also included the species Parvodus heterodon (Patterson, 1966) from the Early Cretaceous of England in the genus,[2] though other studies have included this species in the genus Polyacrodus.[3] Some studies have also included the species "Hybodus" parvidens Woodward, 1916, from the Early Cretaceous of Europe and North America within Parvodus,[4] though again this species has also been assigned to Polyacrodus.[3][5] A 2023 paper assigned the newly described species P. huizodus from the Early Triassic of China to the genus.[4] The species Parvodus celsucuspus Rees et al., 2013 has been reported from the Early Cretaceous of England and France.[6][7]

References

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