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Clavusodens

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Clavusodens
Temporal range: Visean
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Petalodontiformes
Family: Obruchevodidae
Genus: Clavusodens
Species:
C. mcginnisi
Binomial name
Clavusodens mcginnisi
Hodnett et. al., 2025

Clavusodens is an extinct genus of obruchevodid petalodont that lived during the Viséan stage.

Distribution

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Life restoration

Clavusodens mcginnisi was found in the Ste. Genevieve Formation in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.[1]

References

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  1. Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Egli, H. Chase; Toomey, Rickard; Olson, Rickard; Tolleson, Kelli; Boldon, Richard; Tweet, Justin S.; Santucci, Vincent L. (24 January 2025). "Obruchevodid petalodonts (Chondrichthyes, Petalodontiformes, Obruchevodidae) from the Middle Mississippian (Viséan) Joppa Member of the Ste. Genevieve Formation at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky U.S.A.". Journal of Paleontology: 1–11. doi:10.1017/jpa.2024.40. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 14 February 2025 via Cambridge Core.