Kankatodus is a dubious extinct genus of marine pycnodont ray-finned fish from the Early Eocene-aged Subathu Formation of Himachal Pradesh, India. It contains a single species, K. cappettai, named for paleoichthyologist Henri Cappetta. It was initially described as an early tetraodontiform in the now-defunct family Eotrigonodontidae, alongside Stephanodus, Indotrigonodon, and Pisdurodon. However, later studies have found the Eotrigonodontidae to actually represent the grasping teeth of pycnodonts.
See also
Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish
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