Biology:Saivodus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Ctenacanthiformes |
| Genus: | †Saivodus Duffin & Ginter, 2006 |
| Species: | †S. striatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Saivodus striatus Agassiz, 1843
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Saivodus is an extinct genus of ctenacanthiform fish that existed in early Mississippian of the Carboniferous period.[1] Fossils have been found in Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium, Morocco, and the United States. Teeth assigned to that genus are also known from the Permian (Leonardian) Kaibab Formation.[2]
Taxonomy
Saivodus was erected in 2006. The single species belonging to this genus was formerly included in the unrelated genus Cladodus.[1]
Description
Saivodus is the largest known member of its group measuring 4–5 metres (13–16 ft) or more in total body length, possibly even up to 6–7 metres (20–23 ft), based on individual teeth about 3 centimetres (1.2 in) or more in length.[3][4] An estimate of 8.5 metres (28 ft) also exists.[5] The shape of the teeth suggest it targeted soft-bodied prey.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Duffin, C.J.; Ginter, M. (2006). "Comments on the selachian genus Cladodus Agassiz, 1843". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (2): 253–266. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[253:COTSGC2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Elliott, David K.; Olson, Tom J.; Wittke, James H. (2012). "Ctenacanthiform sharks from the Permian Kaibab Formation, northern Arizona" (in en). Historical Biology 24 (4): 381–395. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.683193. ISSN 0891-2963. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2012.683193.
- ↑ Hodnett, J.-P.M.; Tweet, J.S.; Santucci, V.L. (2022). "The occurrence of fossil cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) within the parks and monuments of the National Park Service". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 90: 183–208.
- ↑ Engelman, Russell K. (2023). "A Devonian Fish Tale: A New Method of Body Length Estimation Suggests Much Smaller Sizes for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)" (in en). Diversity 15 (3): 318. doi:10.3390/d15030318. ISSN 1424-2818.
- ↑ "Shark Fossil—"Saivodus striatus"". https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/shark-fossil-saivodus-striatus.htm.
- ↑ Katz, B. (February 4, 2020). "Jaw of 330-Million-Year-Old Shark Discovered in Kentucky Cave". https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jaw-330-million-year-old-shark-found-kentucky-cave-180974115/.
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