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Petalodus ohioensis

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae

Taxonomy
Petalodus ohioensis was named by Safford (1853).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by T. Wolfe (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2011-10-13; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-07-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Petalodus ohioensis Safford
1902Petalodus ohioensis Hay p. 278
1988Petalodus ohioensis Dalla Vecchia p. 51 figs. 3-5
1998Petalodus ohioensis Ramovs p. 110 fig. 1
2000Petalodus ohioensis Lucas and Estep pp. 24-25 figs. 5P-S
2005Petalodus ohioensis Hamm and Cicimurri p. 69 fig. 3E,F

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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
speciesohioensisSafford 1853

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 ohioensis Safford 1853
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Diagnosis
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