Aztecodus

{{short description|Extinct genus of Cartilaginous fish}} {{Taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range| Middle Devonian}} | image = | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Chondrichthyes]] | ordo = [[Omalodontiformes]] | familia = [[Aztecodontidae]] | genus = ''Aztecodus'' | genus_authority = Long & Young, 1995 }}

'''''Aztecodus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[Chondrichthyes|Chondrichthyian]] from the [[Devonian|Devonian period]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fossilworks: Aztecodus|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=151495|access-date=17 December 2021|website=fossilworks.org}}</ref> It is named for middle to late [[Devonian]]-aged [[Aztec Siltstone]] of southern [[Victoria Land|Victoria Land, Antarctica]] which produces this genus. It currently contains a singular species, '''''A. harmsenae'''''. It is named for [[Sedimentology|sedimentologist]] Dr. Fraka Harmsen. It has unique teeth which are broad with widely divergent cusps separated by a crenulated cutting edge.<ref>Long, John & Young, Gavin. Sharks from the Middle-Late Devonian Aztec Siltstone, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 287-308 (1995). </ref> ''Anareodus statei'' may be a [[junior synonym]] to this genus and species.<ref>Burrow, Carole & Long, John & Trinajstic, Kate. (2009). Disarticulated acanthodian and chondrichthyan remains from the upper Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 21. 71-88. 10.1017/S0954102008001521. </ref>

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[[Category:Monotypic prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera]]