Cladocyclus (derived from the Greek κλάδος/kládos ("branch") and κύκλος/kýklos ("circle")[1]) is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectidae. It was a predatory fish of about 1.20 metres (3.9 ft) in length, found in the Albian Romualdo and Crato Formations of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil.[2] The species Cladocyclus geddesi is known from the Winton Formation of Australia.[3]Cladocyclus pankowskii, discovered in the Cenomanian Kem Kem Bed of Morocco in 2007,[4] is reclassified to genus Aidachar.[5]
^"Cladocyclus Ichthyodectoid Cretaceous Fossil Fish". Paleo Direct Fossils & Artifacts. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009.
^Berrell; Alvarado-Ortega; Yabumoto; Salisbury, Rodney W.; Jesús; Yoshitaka; Steven W. (7 June 2014). "The First Record of the Ichthyodectiform Fish Cladocyclus from Eastern Gondwana: A New Species from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59 (4): 903–902. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0019. S2CID 59019268.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Forey, Peter L.; Cavin, Lionel (2007). "A new species of Cladocyclus (Teleostei: Ichthyodectiformes) from the Cenomanian of Morocco" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica.
^Mkhitaryan, T.G.; Averianov, A.O. (2011-06-25). "New material and phylogenetic position of Aidachar paludalis Nesov, 1981 (Actinopterygii, Ichthyodectiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 315 (2): 181–192. doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2011.315.2.181. ISSN 0206-0477.
in northeastern Brazil. The species Cladocyclus geddesi is known from the Winton Formation of Australia. Cladocyclus pankowskii, discovered in the Cenomanian...
described from Kem Kem Group of Morocco and reclassified from the genus Cladocyclus, to which it is thought to be closely related. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org...
the ostracod Pattersoncypris, and fish scales from the ichthyodectid Cladocyclus, both found in the Romualdo Formation. Questioning of local fossil dealers...
Rebbachisaurus in the Aoufous Formation. Teleosteans are represented by Cladocyclus pankowskii, Palaeonotopterus greenwoodi, Erfoudichthys rosae and Concavotectum...
Yabumoto Y, Salisbury SW (2014). "First record of the ichthyodectiform fish Cladocyclus from eastern Gondwana: A new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland...
Italy, but it has been suggested that this specimen actually represents Cladocyclus. Another species sometimes classified in this genus, Spathodactylus (or...
reported from the Santana Formation also occur in this formation, namely: Cladocyclus gardneri, Neoproscinetes penalvai, Notelops brama, Rhacolepis buccalis...
falipoui) are recovered in the Kem Kem beds. Teleosteans are represented by Cladocyclus pankowskii, Palaeonotopterus greenwoodi, Erfoudichthys rosae and Concavotectum...
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