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Petalodus arcuatus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae

Taxonomy
Chomatodus arcuatus was named by St. John (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nebraska City section, Upper Coal Measures, which is in a Kasimovian marine horizon in Nebraska.

It was recombined as Petalodus arcuatus by Eastman (1903).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Chomatodus arcuatus St. John p. 435
1902Chomatodus arcuatus Hay p. 280
1903Petalodus arcuatus Eastman p. 177

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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
speciesarcuatus()

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 arcuatus St. John 1870
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Diagnosis
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