Palaeodontidae

Palaeodontidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Thelodonti
Order:
†Thelodontiformes
Family:
†Palaeodontidae

Obruchev, 1964
Genera

Palaeodontidae is an extinct family of thelodont vertebrate agnathans that lived during the Lower Ordovician. The dermal denticles of these thelodonts lack a neck or base and form simple orthodentine cones.[1]

References

  1. ^ Obruchev, D. V. "Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. 11, Agnatha, Pisces. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1967." (1967): 825.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.