Diademodus
| Diademodus Temporal range: Late Devonian
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| Life restoration of Diademodus hydei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Phoebodontiformes |
| Family: | †Phoebodontidae |
| Genus: | †Diademodus Harris, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| †Diademodus hydei Harris, 1951
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Diademodus is an extinct genus of phoebodontid elasmobranch that lived during the Late Devonian Period. The genus was first described by paleontologist John E. Harris on the basis of a body fossil from the Cleveland Shale formation of Ohio. Teeth attributable to this genus have also been reported from Utah, Nevada, Western Australia, and Russia.