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Damocles (genus)

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Damocles
Temporal range: Mississippian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Symmoriiformes
Genus: Damocles
Lund, 1986
Type species
* †Damocles serratus
Lund, 1986
Other species
  • D. attenuatus Davis, 1883

Damocles is a genus of chondrichthyan from the Mississippian age Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana, United States. Two species, D. serratus and D. attenuatus, have been assigned.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ^ Lund, Richard (1986-03-07). "On Damocles serratus , nov. gen. et sp. (Elasmobranchii: Cladodontida) from the Upper Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 6 (1): 12–19. doi:10.1080/02724634.1986.10011594. ISSN 0272-4634.