Cladoselachidae

Cladoselachidae; Temporal range:
	A reconstruction of Cladoselache
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Eugnathostomata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Holocephali
Order:	†Symmoriiformes
Family:	†Cladoselachidae; Dean, 1894
Genera
	Cladolepis; Deirolepis; Ohiolepis; Pristicladodus; Iberolepis; Lunalepis; Cladodus; Cladodoides; Cladoselache;

Cladoselachidae is an extinct family of holocephalian cartilaginous fishes closely related to Symmoriiformes.[1] They are the only members of the order Cladoselachiformes and were characterized by having an elongated body with a spine in each of the two dorsal fins.

References

Coates, Michael I.; Finarelli, John A.; Sansom, Ivan J.; Andreev, Plamen S.; Criswell, Katharine E.; Tietjen, Kristen; Rivers, Mark L.; La Riviere, Patrick J. (2018-01-10). "An early chondrichthyan and the evolutionary assembly of a shark body plan". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1870): 20172418. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2418. PMC 5784200. PMID 29298937.

Cladoselachiformes, Dictionary of Zoology (1999).
Evolution and paleontology (fish). Animal Aqua.

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[1] Coates, Michael I.; Finarelli, John A.; Sansom, Ivan J.; Andreev, Plamen S.; Criswell, Katharine E.; Tietjen, Kristen; Rivers, Mark L.; La Riviere, Patrick J. (2018-01-10). "An early chondrichthyan and the evolutionary assembly of a shark body plan". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1870): 20172418. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2418. PMC 5784200. PMID 29298937.