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''Meristodonoides'' is an extinct genus of
cartilaginous fish Chondrichthyes (; ) is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes that have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or ''bony fishes'', which have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. ...
. The type species is ''M. rajkovichi'', which was originally a species in the genus ''
Hybodus ''Hybodus'' (from el, ύβος , 'crooked' and el, ὀδούς 'tooth') is an extinct genus of hybodont, a group of shark-like elasmobranchs that lived from the Late Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Pal ...
''. The species, along with other ''Hybodus'' species such as ''H. butleri'' and ''H. montanensis'', was reassigned to ''Meristodonoides'' by Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa in 2010.


Species

* ''M. butleri'' * ''M. montanensis'' * ''M. novojerseyensis'' * ''M. rajkovichi''


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6819514 Hybodontiformes Prehistoric shark genera Cretaceous sharks Fossils of Canada