-
Caseodus is an
extinct genus of
eugeneodontid holocephalian from the
Carboniferous of the
United States (Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
South Dakota) and the...
- Zangerl, 1981 Type
genus Caseodus Zangerl, 1981 Type
species Orodus basalis (=
Caseodus basalis) Cope, 1894
Genera Caseodus Erikodus Fadenia Ornithoprion...
-
unfused and
unspecialized in
comparison to
genera such as
Fadenia and
Caseodus. It is
considered the
sister family to Caseodontidae, with the two together...
-
eugeneodontids such as
Eugeneodus and is most
similar to that seen in
Fadenia and
Caseodus. The
scapulocoracoids (pectoral girdle) were well-developed but unfused...
- Eugeneodontida.
Superfamily Caseodontoidea Family Caseodontidae Genus Caseodus Genus Erikodus Genus Fadenia Genus Ornithoprion Genus Pirodus Genus Romerodus...
-
Permian period, with only a few
genera surviving into the
earliest Tri****ic (
Caseodus, Fadenia). Typically,
members of this
group had
tooth whorls.
Species of...
-
preserved postcrania include the
Pennsylvanian to Tri****ic-age
caseodontoids Caseodus, Fadenia, and Romerodus.
These taxa have a
fusiform (streamlined, torpedo-shaped)...
-
Ornithoprion is most
similar to that seen in
other caseodonts such as
Caseodus,
which typically share its thin, band-like
shape and
limited cranial articulation...
-
preserved postcrania include the
Pennsylvanian to Tri****ic-age
caseodontoids Caseodus, Fadenia, and Romerodus.
These taxa have a
fusiform (streamlined, torpedo-shaped)...
- some Neoselachii, as well as a few last
survivors of the
Eugeneodontida (
Caseodus, Fadenia). Amphibians:
Relatively large,
marine temnospondyl amphibians...
