Doliodus

Doliodus
Temporal range:
The holotype tooth of Doliodus, originally Diplodus problematicus, in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Domain:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Omalodontiformes (?)
Family:
Omalodontidae (?)
Genus:
Doliodus

Traquair (1893)
Type species
Ctenacanthus latispinosus?
Whiteaves, 1881
Synonyms

Diplodus problematicus? Woodward, 1892

Doliodus is a genus of cartilaginous fish known from the Early Devonian period of what is now New Brunswick, Canada. It includes a single named species, either D. problematicus or D. latispinosus, which was originally described based on isolated teeth and potentially fin spines, but has since had a well-preserved body fossil assigned. The classification of the genus is uncertain, but it has been considered a member of the order Omalodontiformes. A more complete specimen that some authors assign to the genus shows features that are transitional between the extinct acanthodians and cartilaginous fish.