Triodus

      Triodus
      Temporal range: Permian
      Triodus.
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Animalia
      Phylum: Chordata
      Class: Chondrichthyes
      Subclass: Elasmobranchii
      Order: Xenacanthida
      Family: Xenacanthidae
      Genus: Triodus
      Jordan, 1849

      Triodus is an extinct genus of xenacanthidan shark that lived in the Permian. It was a freshwater shark, and fossils have been found in Germany.

      Sources

      • The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long


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