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Petalodus

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae

Synonyms
  • Sicarius was named by Leidy (1856).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Petalodus by Hay (1902).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Sicarius Leidy p. 272
1873Petalodus Leidy p. 353
1889Petalodus Woodward p. 42
1902Petalodus Hay p. 278
1963Petalodus Jordan p. 593
1981Petalodus Thurmond and Jones p. 78
1981Petalodus Zangerl p. 98
1983Petalodus Lund p. 1
2002Petalodus Sepkoski
2010Petalodus Ginter et al. p. 140

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

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.

G. †Petalodus
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Petalodus acuminatus Agassiz 1838
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Invalid names: Petalodus destructor Newberry and Worthen 1870 [synonym], Sicarius extinctus Leidy 1856 [synonym]
Petalodus arcuatus St. John 1870
Petalodus curtus Newberry and Worthen 1870
Petalodus davisii Woodward 1889
Petalodus flabellula Woodward 1889
Petalodus grandis Davis 1883
Petalodus hastingsiae Owen 1840
Petalodus hybridus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Petalodus jewetti Miller 1957
Petalodus knappi Newberry 1879
Petalodus linguifer Newberry and Worthen 1866
Petalodus ohioensis Safford 1853
Petalodus proximus Saint John and Worthen 1875
Petalodus sagittatus Agassiz 1843
Invalid names: Sicarius Leidy 1856 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available