Cladodoides Explained

Cladodoides is a genus of extinct cartilaginous fish. It appeared in the Frasnian age of the late Devonian and possibly existed in the Tournaisian age of the early Carboniferous.

It has a well-described braincase and brain cavity, and has greatly informed our understanding of the skull, brain, nerves, and jaws of early sharks. Cladodoides is likely a cladodont shark. Remains have been found in Germany.

Six pentacuspid teeth, possibly belonging to Cladodoides wildungensis, have been found in the Tournaisian Laurel Formation, Australia.^[1]

References

• Maisey . John . Braincase of the Upper Devonian Shark Cladodoides Wildungensis (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii), with Observations on the Braincase in Early Chondrichthyans . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 288 . 1–103 . 2005 . 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)288<0001:BOTUDS>2.0.CO;2.

Notes and References

1. Brett Roelofs, Milo Barham, Arthur J. Mory, Kate Trinajstics. January 2016. Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous chondrichthyans from the Fairfield Group, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica. 19. 1. 1-28. 10.26879/583.