Cladocyclus

Cladocyclus; Temporal range: Albian-Cenomanian; ~
	Fossil of Cladocyclus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Ichthyodectiformes
Family:	†Cladocyclidae
Genus:	Cladocyclus; Agassiz, 1843
Species
	C. gardneri Agassiz 1843; C. geddesi Berrell 2014; C. lewesiensis Agassiz 1887; C. occidentalis Leidy 1856;

Cladocyclus (derived from the Greek κλάδος/kládos ("branch") and κύκλος/kýklos ("circle")) is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectidae. It was a predatory fish of about 1.20 metres (3.9 ft) in length, found in the Albian Romualdo and Crato Formations of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil. The species Cladocyclus geddesi is known from the Winton Formation of Australia. Cladocyclus pankowskii, discovered in the Cenomanian Kem Kem Bed of Morocco in 2007, is reclassified to genus Aidachar.

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