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Damocles (genus)

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Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Damocles
Temporal range: Mississippian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: †Symmoriiformes
Genus: †Damocles
Lund, 1986
Type species
* †Damocles serratus
Lund, 1986
Other species
  • †D. attenuatus Davis, 1883

Damocles is a genus of chondrichthyan from the Mississippian age Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana and the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. Two species, D. serratus and D. attenuatus, have been assigned, with D. attenuatus originally being classified as a species of the form-genus Physonemus. Members of the genus were carnivorous, and males possessed a distinctive serrated, sword-like reproductive organ which was positioned over their head.

References

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ^ Lund, Richard (1986-03-07). "On Damocles serratus , nov. gen. et sp. (Elasmobranchii: Cladodontida) from the Upper Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 6 (1): 12–19. doi:10.1080/02724634.1986.10011594. ISSN 0272-4634.
  3. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Damocles


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