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Petalodus flabellula

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae

Taxonomy
Petalodus flabellula was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH P.227a, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aliformis, P. concavus, P. rectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Petalodus flabellula Woodward p. 45 figs. Pl. I, fig. 8

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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
speciesflabellula

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 flabellula Woodward 1889
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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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Mississippian or 358.86000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom Petalodus flabellula (type locality: 137332)