Colobodus
| Colobodus Temporal range: | |
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| Colobodus bassanii fossil at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | †Colobodontidae |
| Genus: | †Colobodus Agassiz, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| †Colobodus bassanii de Alessandri, 1910 | |
| Other species | |
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Colobodus is an extinct genus of marine Triassic ray-finned fish of the family Colobodontidae and order Perleidiformes. Fossils have been found in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland) and China, encompassing the former Tethys Ocean. It could reach body lengths of about 70 cm (2 ft 4 in).
The original type species was Colobodus hogardi Agassiz, 1844, the fossils of which are probably destroyed, therefore the new type species C. bassanii was designated.