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	'''''Apateodus''''' (meaning "confusing tooth") is a genus of prehistoric [[Actinopterygii\|ray-finned fish]] which was described by [[Arthur Smith Woodward\|Woodward]] in 1901. The genus spans from the Albian to the late Maastrichtian, and ~~was~~ found at Russia, India, Colorado, Dakota, Kansas and the Netherlands.		'''''Apateodus''''' (meaning "confusing tooth") is a genus of prehistoric [[Actinopterygii\|ray-finned fish]] which was described by [[Arthur Smith Woodward\|Woodward]] in 1901. The genus spans from the [[Albian]] to the late [[Maastrichtian]], and specimens have been found in Russia, India, the United States (Colorado, Dakota, Kansas), and the Netherlands.

	==Description==		==Description==
	Known by well preserved skull remains, '''''Apateodus''''' is estimated to be around 1 meter (3.3ft) in length, and would have been an effective mesopredator		Known by well preserved skull remains, '''''Apateodus''''' is estimated to be around 1 meter (3.3ft) in length, and would have been an effective [[mesopredator]].

	==References==		==References==

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
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{{Taxobox
| fossil_range = [[Late Albian]] - [[Maastrichtian]]
| image = Apateodus corneti Naturalis.JPG
| image_caption = Piece of a lower jaw
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Aulopiformes]]
| genus = '''''Apateodus'''''
| genus_authority = Woodward, 1901
| subdivision_ranks =
| subdivision =
}}

'''''Apateodus''''' (meaning "confusing tooth") is a genus of prehistoric [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fish]] which was described by [[Arthur Smith Woodward|Woodward]] in 1901. The genus spans from the Albian to the late Maastrichtian, and was found at Russia, India, Colorado, Dakota, Kansas and the Netherlands.

==Description==
Known by well preserved skull remains, '''''Apateodus''''' is estimated to be around 1 meter (3.3ft) in length, and would have been an effective mesopredator

==References==
{{Reflist}}
http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35555&is_real_user=1

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[[Category:Prehistoric aulopiformes]]
[[Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera]]
[[Category:Extinct animals of India]]
[[Category:Extinct animals of Russia]]
[[Category:Cretaceous bony fish]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1901]]

{{Aulopiformes-stub}}

Apateodus - Revision history

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imported>Trilletrollet: removed Category:Prehistoric alepisauriformes; added Category:Prehistoric aulopiformes using HotCat