Coelodus is an extinct genus of marine and possibly freshwater pycnodont fish.[1] It contains only one definitive species, C. saturnus Heckel, 1854 (=C. rosthorni Heckel, 1854, C. suillus Heckel, 1854), from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Santonian) of Slovenia.[2] Other species from the Late Jurassic to the Eocene have also been attributed to this genus based on isolated dental elements, but their assignment to Coelodus is uncertain, and this genus likely represents a non-monophyletic wastebasket taxon. A potential diagnostic trait is a prearticular tooth row with three regular highly elongated teeth.[2][3][4][5][6]
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formations that Coelodus remains are known from worldwide, are freshwater deposits, suggesting at a potentially amphidromous lifestyle for Coelodus given its...
Possibly synonymous with Paranogmius doederleini. Ceratodus A lungfish. Coelodus A pycnodontid. Enchodus One tooth. A predatory fish. Lepidotes Isolated...
plates and dentaries A species of bonefish Characiformes indet. Partial jaw Coelodus C. sp. A tooth plate A species of pycnodontid Cypriniformes? Dipnoi indet...
are abundant, being represented by Lepidotes, Macromesodon, Proscinetes, Coelodus, Macrosemius, Notagogus, Histionotus, Ionoscopus, Callopterus, Caturus...
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