''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
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Hybodontiformes
Prehistoric shark genera
Cretaceous sharks
Fossils of Canada