Palaeodontidae
| Palaeodontidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Thelodontiformes |
| Family: | †Palaeodontidae Obruchev, 1964 |
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Palaeodontidae is an extinct family of thelodont vertebrate agnathans that lived during the Lower Ordovician. The dermal denticles of these thelodonts lack a neck or base and form simple orthodentine cones.[1]
References
- ^ Obruchev, D. V. "Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. 11, Agnatha, Pisces. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1967." (1967): 825.