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Petalodus acuminatus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by M. Carrano on 2011-12-20; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-08-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Chomatodus acuminatus Agassiz pp. 108-109 figs. Pl 19, figs 11-13
1843Petalodus acuminatus Agassiz p. 174
1855Petalodus acuminatus M'Coy p. 635 figs. pl. 3G, fig. 4
1889Petalodus acuminatus Woodward p. 42
2004Petalodus acuminatus Goto and Okura p. 221 figs. 10, 13.2
2009Petalodus acuminatus Ivanov et al. p. 245 figs. 2G-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderPetalodontiformes()
familyPetalodontidaeNewberry and Worthen 1866
genusPetalodus
speciesacuminatus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Petalodus acuminatus Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
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