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TRIODUS
(try-o-dus)
meaning: "Triple tooth"
Triodus
Named By: Jordan in 1849
Time Period: Permian
Location: Germany. North America
Size: Approximately 50 - 60 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Elasmobranchii | Xenacanthida | Xenacanthidae |
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Triodus is an extinct genus of xenacanthidan shark that lived in the Permian. It was a freshwater shark, and fossils have been found in Germany.

Read more about Triodus at Wikipedia
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