Triodus is an extinct genus of xenacanthidan shark that lived from the Carboniferous to the Triassic. It was a freshwater shark, and fossils have been found in the Chinle Formation and Black Prince Limestone of Arizona, the Petrified Forest Member of New Mexico and the Tecovas Formation of Texas, United States. In 2017, a new species Triodus richterae was described from the Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil.

References

Further reading

The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long

Xenacanths

Prehistoric shark genera

Carboniferous sharks

Permian sharks

Triassic sharks

Prehistoric fish of North America

Carboniferous United States

Permian United States

Triassic United States

Prehistoric fish of South America

Permian Brazil

Fossils of Brazil

Paraná Basin

Fossil taxa described in 1849

Triodus