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Athrodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Superclass
  
Osteichthyes

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Infraphylum
  
Gnathostomata

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Similar
  
Sparnodus, Hoplopteryx, Pycnodontiformes, Ductor, Coelodus

Athrodon is a genus of extinct pycnodontid that lived in shallow seas in what is now England and France from the Late Jurassic until the genus extinction during the start of the late Cretaceous. The various species are very similar in splenial bone and tooth morphology to Mesodon. Otherwise, no articulated or complete specimen is known: all fossils specimens are bone fragments and disarticulated teeth.

References

Athrodon Wikipedia