Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Belongs to Petalodus according to S. A. Hamm and D. J. Cicimurri 2005
See also Dalla Vecchia 1988, Elliott et al. 2004, Hay 1902, Lucas and Estep 2000 and Ramovs 1998
Sister taxa: Petalodus acuminatus, Petalodus allegheniensis, Petalodus arcuatus, Petalodus curtus, Petalodus davisii, Petalodus flabellula, Petalodus grandis, Petalodus hastingsiae, Petalodus hybridus, Petalodus jewetti, Petalodus knappi, Petalodus linguifer, Petalodus proximus, Petalodus sagittatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Italy (1 collection), Slovenia (1), United States (8: Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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