| Cochliodontiformes | |
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| Preserved dentition ofCochliodus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Superorder: | Holocephalimorpha |
| Order: | †Cochliodontiformes Obruchev, 1953 |
| Type genus | |
| Cochliodus Agassiz, 1838 | |
| Families and genera | |
Cochliodontiformes are an order of extinctholocephalans (historically referred to asbradyodonts)[1] known from theDevonian,Carboniferous andPermian periods, with the possible member,Listracanthus, known from theEarly Triassic. Members of the order are believed to bedurophagous benthic carnivores.[2][3]
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