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Petalodus ohioensis

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae

Taxonomy
Petalodus ohioensis was named by Safford (1853).

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:09:25
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:09:25
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Noginskian or 315.20000 to 264.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arizona) Petalodus ohioensis (90772)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Petalodus ohioensis (130312)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Petalodus ohioensis (132333)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Texas) Petalodus ohioensis (236693)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Petalodus ohioensis (184103 184105)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Petalodus ohioensis (159903 159904)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Slovenia Petalodus ohioensis (131612)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Italy (Udine) Petalodus ohioensis (131452)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) Petalodus ohioensis (11789)