Petrodus McCoy 1848 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Parent taxon: Symmoriidae according to M. Goto et al. 1988

See also Gunnell 1933, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cobelodus, Danaea, Gutturensis, Orestiacanthus, Stethacanthulus, Stethacanthus, Symmorium, Bethacanthus, Akmonistion, Physonemus chesterensis, Physonemus parvulus

Subtaxa: Petrodus acutus Petrodus patelliformis Petrodus pustulosus

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Type: Petrodus patelliformis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

• Carboniferous to Permian of Argentina (1)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, South Dakota)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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