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{{short description|Genus of fishes}}
[[File:Orodus sp1DB.jpg|left|thumb|212x212px|Life restoration of ''O. micropterygius'']]
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{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Bashkirian|Cisuralian}}
| image = Orodus greggi FMNH.jpg
| image_caption = Fossil specimen (FMNH PF 2201) of ''O. greggi'', [[Field Museum of Natural History]]
| taxon = Orodus
| authority = [[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz]], 1838
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = *†''O. ipeunaensis''
*†''O. plicatus''
*†''O. carinatus''
| synonyms = * ''Oreodon''
}}
'''''Orodus''''' (from {{langx|el|ωραίος}} {{transl|el|oraíos}}, 'beautiful' and {{langx|el|ὀδούς}} {{transl|el|odoús}} 'tooth')<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=George |title=An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology |date=1839 |publisher=Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans |location=London |page=126 |url=https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog |access-date=31 December 2021 |language=English}}</ref> is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[cartilaginous fish]] that lived from the late [[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Pennsylvanian]] to the early [[Permian]] in what is now [[North America]]. ''O. greggi'' reached around {{convert|2-4|m|ft}} long, while ''O. micropterygius'' just reached {{convert|1|m|ft}}.<ref name="Ginter et al. 2010">{{cite book |last1=Ginter |first1=M. |title=Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3D. Chondrichthyes. Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. |last2=Hampe |first2=O. |last3=Duffin |first3=C. |date=2010 |publisher=Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil |isbn=978-3-89937-116-1 |location=Munich}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Signor |first=Philip W. |last2=Brett |first2=Carlton E. |date=1984 |title=The mid-Paleozoic precursor to the Mesozoic marine revolution |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/abs/midpaleozoic-precursor-to-the-mesozoic-marine-revolution/8913D3C9D5B151DD76CDD620E117671E |journal=Paleobiology |language=en |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=229–245 |doi=10.1017/S0094837300008174 |issn=0094-8373}}</ref> It was a member of the [[holocephali]] subclass, meaning that it was more closely related to [[Chimaera|chimaeras]] and their relatives ([[Eugeneodontida|eugeneodonts]], [[Petalodontiformes|petalodonts]], etc), and not [[Elasmobranchii|elasmobranchs]] like [[Shark|sharks]] and [[Stingray|rays]].
==References==
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==Sources==
* ''Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent'' (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
* ''Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives'' (Marine Biology) by Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, and Michael R. Heithaus
* ''Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils'' by Rex Buchanan
* ''Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution'' (Systematics Association Special Volume) by Per Erik Ahlberg
==External links==
*[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34473 ''Orodus''] in the [[Paleobiology Database]]
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[[Category:Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera]]
[[Category:Carboniferous cartilaginous fish]]
[[Category:Permian cartilaginous fish]]
[[Category:Pennsylvanian fish of North America]]
[[Category:Permian fish of North America]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Louis Agassiz]]
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