Rhomaleodus

Rhomaleodus is an extinct genus of basal selachimorph elasmobranchii cartilaginous fish known from the Middle Triassic (Anisian stage) of Bulgaria. It was first named by Plamen S. Andreev and Gilles Cuny in 2012 and the type species is Rhomaleodus budurovi.[1]

Rhomaleodus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Genus: Rhomaleodus
Andreev & Cuny, 2012
Type species
Rhomaleodus budurovi
Andreev & Cuny, 2012

References

  1. Plamen S. Andreev & Gilles Cuny (2012). "New Triassic stem selachimorphs (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and their bearing on the evolution of dental enameloid in Neoselachii". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 255–266. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.644646.


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