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Acrodus
Temporal range: Triassic
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Acrodus

Agassiz, 1837

Acrodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Triassic. The species Acrodus anningiae was named by Louis Agassiz in honor of the pioneering English paleontologist Mary Anning.

Sources

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 199)