Thrinacodus

Thrinacodus is an extinct genus of basal elasmobranch, found worldwide from the Late Devonian-Lower Carboniferous. The type species is Thrinacodus nanus. Most species are only known from their tricuspid teeth. T. gracia, originally placed in the separate genus Thrinacoselache from the Serpukhovian-aged Bear Gulch Limestone, of what is now Montana, is known from full body impressions, showing a long, slender eel-like body up to a metre in length, with an elongate rostrum. Stomach contents of T. gracia include remains of crustaceans and small chondrichthyan fish (Harpagofututor and Falcatus). It is a member of the Phoebodontiformes.

Thrinacodus
Restoration of T. gracia
Teeth of T. dziki
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Clade: Phoebodontiformes
Genus: Thrinacodus
St. John and Worthen, 1875
Species
  • Thrinacodus tranquillus Ginter, 2000
  • Thrinacodus gracia (Grogan & Lund, 2008)
  • Thrinacodus ferox (Turner, 1982)
  • Thrinacodus nanus St. John and Worthen, 1875
  • Thrinacodus bicuspidatus Ginter and Sun, 2007
  • Thrinacodus dziki Ginter et al. 2014
Synonyms
  • Thrinacoselache Grogan & Lund, 2008
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